WGAL News Intern - 2026 Fall

CDS Global•Lancaster, PA

20h

About The Position

WGAL-TV offers paid internships in the News department. In order to apply for an internship at WGAL, please provide a cover letter with your application; along with any applicable attachments, including writing samples, reels, etc. of your work. The cover letter should include: • Department preference (for example, News Producing, Reporting, Photography, Sports or Meteorology) • Available start and end dates • Days and hours available to intern • Briefly state your main objectives for participating in WGAL-TV internship (please be specific) • What are your strongest areas of interest

Requirements

Must be enrolled in a meteorology curriculum or closely related program of study (for Weather department).
Be well versed in both the local and national sports scenes (college and professional) (for Sports department).
Ability to converse about the hot sports topics of the day is a MUST (for Sports department).
Working knowledge of the local sports scene (i.e., aware of managers, head coaches and star players of the local professional teams) and be conversational on major national sports stories and events (for Sports department).

Nice To Haves

Writing samples
Reels

Responsibilities

Assist team members in gathering news and information.
Take and place telephone calls from reporters, sources, governments agencies and general public.
Assist in research and other tasks.
Practice writing and formatting scripts for broadcast.
Shadow reporters or anchors at a live report (possible but not guaranteed).
Help research and write content for WGAL digital platforms including the WGAL app, WGAL.com and various social media platforms.
Opportunity to help with photo and video production for digital platforms (when appropriate).
Assist team members with field work and news gathering.
Write scripts for daily sportscast.
Research team and player statistics.
Pitch story ideas to sports department.
Accompany reporters on location shoots (possible but not guaranteed).
Analyze weather charts and models.
Prepare daily forecasts.
Produce weather graphics.
Assist meteorologists in gathering critical & breaking weather information and data.
Relay important information to/from News, Assignment Desk, and Web.
Research statistical data.
Practice forecast delivery in-studio.
Assist with social media efforts and email communication.