Intern - TX Station

Here, you can unlock your potential by contributing to projects that matter in meaningful ways. To thrive as an NBCU intern, you are ready to bring your passion for media, entertainment, and technology along with your desire to learn each day.  

Here, you can be part of a team who is the first to know when the news is breaking.  Here, you can develop your skills at a company that cares about its employees, its communities, and its culture.  

NBC DFW Internships provide students with real world experience and exposure to working in the television news industry.  Internships at NBC DFW are paid and do not require course credit.  

NBC Dallas/Fort Worth is looking for a team player who is looking to take on the experiences in all facets of the Newsroom.  This is an opportunity to have hands-on experience in every capacity of assigning, gathering, telling, and producing news stories. 

During the academic year, you will have hands-on experience in the following areas: as a reporter, as a producer, on the assignment desk, and producing social videos.  This will allow you to have the opportunity to be part of each of our newsroom teams. 

You will be assigned to one of those areas based on our business needs, your experience, and your interests. 

• Participate in daily planning meetings.  Contribute ideas for news programming based on the NBC DFW News Strategy.    

• Be present in the control room during the news program to observe communication among the producer, director, and production personnel.  

• Use websites and social media tools to monitor and report news, find sources and leads for stories.  Monitor mainstream and social media sites for story ideas and competitive intelligence.   

• Write assigned segments, which may include digital newscasts  

• Make beat checks and enter current and future news assignments into system  

• Make and answer phone calls  

• Help coordinate guests for newscasts  

• Writing articles for our website using AP Style and formatting  

• Work with reporters, meteorologists and other members of the news team to prepare web articles  

• Cut video from newscasts and add proper metadata to post them on social media and our website/app  

• Generate ideas for stories and articles, with a focus on Google Trends, SEO strategy and current events  

• Participate in brainstorming sessions for new ideas for content and platforms  

• Keep up on social media trends and pitch ideas on how our newsroom can incorporate new ideas into our strategy