Intern-2 News Producer

Fox Corporation•Orlando, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a 10-week paid internship program at FOX Television Stations, which owns and operates 29 full power broadcast television stations in the U.S. The stations collectively produce approximately 1,200 hours of local news every week. This internship offers a comprehensive learning experience in a legitimate newsroom, covering story gathering, information confirmation, platform distribution, and digital content creation. The program aims to develop interns into skilled digital content producers, journalists, and leaders.

Requirements

Commitment is essential throughout the program

Responsibilities

Gathering content for various newscasts
Writing news stories from press releases/FOX feed
Communicating with assignment desk and reporters
Stacking a rundown
Working with digital team to write stories
Working with digital team on producing content for FOX Orlando Live
Putting together segments for newscasts (packages, reporter hits, anchor segments)
Shadow reporters on the job & write packages
Creating graphics and maps
Boothing a newscast
Learning how a newsroom finds stories, confirms information, and decides what stories to pursue
Learning how to tell impactful stories
Understanding how a newsroom works together to distribute information on all of its platforms: TV, news app, streaming, social media
Learning how to properly pitch and vet a story (Idea, impact, character(s), and delivery)
Learning how to search court records, federal records, submit public records requests, and reach out to spokespersons to verify information
Learning how to confirm, write, and deliver news for digital audiences (and specific platforms)
Learning how to create SEO headlines, subheads, and understand their purpose
Learning how to optimize news, articles, and videos for social media, YouTube, mobile apps, and streaming
Developing skills to become a digital content producer, journalist, and leader