KNXV-TV typically hosts up to 17 students who serve as unpaid interns each summer. This unpaid internship is approximately 10 weeks in length and interns will be placed in either News, Web, Weather, Sports, Smart Shopper, Investigative, Sales or Sonoran Living. 

The following is a list of criteria to qualify for an internship at KNXV, ABC15: 
Must be enrolled in an accredited internship program at an accredited college or university.
Accredited internship program should focus in broadcast journalism, communications or other related field of study. 
Registered as a Sophomore or above and in good standing.
Receive college/university course credit for participating in this program. The amount of course credit to be earned is determined and must be verified by the college/university prior to starting the assignment. 

To receive course credit, students must comply with all school requirements as well as all KNXV-TV requirements. Grade point average and leadership experience are also an important part of the total assessment of student applicants. 

Consideration will be given to both the preferences of the student and the needs of our departments.

Interns must successfully complete the pre-employment screenings before the internship placement is officially confirmed. 

Interns will have a supervisor at the station that is responsible for coordinating the on-site internship experience, from goal setting to final evaluation. Depending on the department you will intern in, you will learn some of the following: actual on-the-job training from professional reporters and producers, shooting stand-ups and assembling a tape of your own work, working in the field with reporters and photographers, assisting in our daily stories, conducting interviews, researching stories, contributing story ideas, logging tape, writing broadcast news, including voice-overs and sound-to-tape, booking guests and answering contest line, calling winners. 

The following skills are required to be considered for the intership:
computer/typing skills
ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in person and on the phone
completed at least one broadcast journalism writing course
good organization skills

 


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