Weekly News Show Intern

Austin PBS•Austin, TX

32d•$20•Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Neighborhood! Austin PBS, KLRU-TV is looking for a talented News Intern to join our organization. If you are excellent at visualizing, communicating and collaborating in a fast-paced environment, please submit your resume today! About Austin PBS, KLRU-TV Austin PBS is your community-supported, locally owned PBS station in Central Texas. With thousands of hours of on-air programming plus wide-ranging content available over multiple platforms in addition to hundreds of community events held each year, Austin PBS is one of the only nonprofits in Central Texas with the potential to touch nearly every household every day. Job Overview The news team at Austin PBS is looking for an eager, creative, self-motivated intern to join our team. As an intern for the news department, you’ll help support the weekly news program, ongoing community-based journalism project, Decibel and Austin InSight. Interns get real hands-on experience and are an integral part of our team. You’ll assist with studio and field productions, researching topical issues, social media content creation – all with the opportunity to work alongside a group of talented journalists and storytellers. You will be trained & mentored on the following job duties.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications
Undergraduate student, must be actively enrolled in an accredited college or university degree program for the full duration of the internship
Strongly prefer candidates majoring in journalism
Student must be available to commit to a minimum of 9 weeks for this internship
Internship will be hybrid
15-20 hour a week commitment
Pay rate is $20/ hour
Equal Opportunity Employer
Austin PBS believes that diversity is important to our success. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin or ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, religion, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic or basis protected by law.