News 9 Fall Sports Intern
Summary
Sports intern assists in a local newsroom, learning sports production, reporting, and digital content creation under supervision.
A Sports Intern at News 9 helps drive the Ideal Team Player culture.
Job Summary: The Sports Intern will assist and observe in the workings of a newsroom at Griffin Media and News 9 in the OKC office.
Job Responsibilities:
- Learn foundational sports producing skills, including writing scripts, researching teams and stats, logging and timing video, assisting with rundown building, and operating studio tools such as prompter and wire services.
- Develop basic sports reporting skills by assisting with interviews, logging highlights, writing short stories or scripts, and gaining on-camera experience when appropriate.
- Support digital sports coverage by writing and posting stories, highlights, and recaps to the station’s website and using social media to help share content and gather story ideas.
- Gain exposure to the full sports operation through hands-on experience and by shadowing sports anchors, reporters, producers, photographers, and digital staff.
Job Schedule: This is an unpaid internship for college credit. We are flexible on schedule, but you must meet your hours required for credits. This internship is available for the Fall semester.