WXXI generally has the following unpaid internship openings available each semester to college undergraduate students. If you are interested in applying for an internship, please see your advisor and/or contact Carole Edelman, WXXI Human Resources Associate by phone (585) 258-0228, fax (585) 258-0335 or email cedelman@wxxi.org.

 

**Grant money is available to minority students for all internships.

 

CREATIVE SERVICES/PUBLIC INFORMATION: Assist the station publicist and Creative Services staff. Duties include writing press releases, assembling mailing lists, researching special projects, providing assistance with outreach efforts and assisting with promotional efforts for all of WXXI’s services. Word processing and strong writing skills required. English or Communications major preferred.

 

NEED TO KNOW: A half-hour weekly news magazine that uses reports and interviews to get at the pressing issues facing the greater Rochester region. Intern will work closely with news producer/reporters.  Duties include:

---research and writing

---assisting videographer on shoots

---tape logging

---some video editing,

---scheduling of studio guests

---other duties as assigned. 

 

This semester the duties will also include working closely with a producer who is working on a long-range project for the program. This is designed as a major initiative that will include having community dialogues around the reporting raised by the project.

 

This internship prepares the student for television news. Knowledge of current affairs is helpful.  A journalism and/or broadcasting major are preferred.

 

SECOND OPINION:

Second Opinion is a medical program that is being produced by WXXI Public Broadcasting for national air on PBS. The half-hour series is studio based and engages a panel of healthcare professionals – experts from various areas of medicine from Rochester and around the country – in carefully researched real-life medical cases. As viewers watch these experts discuss the case, they learn about complex medical issues and become better consumers of their own healthcare.It is our goal to raise the level of public understanding of healthcare and medical decision making.

 

Duties will include working with production team in the following areas: content development, research, writing, guest relations, pre-and studio production, all areas of day to day office support. Qualified students should have a strong desire to learn television production, be hard working, organized, be able to take initiative and take direction. No medical experience is required.

 

HOMEWORK HOTLINE: Assist the producer of Homework Hotline, a half-hour, live call-in program that helps students with homework questions in math, science, geography, English and language arts and is hosted by Rochester city school teachers. Geared to children in grades five through 12, students phone in their questions to Dial-A-Teacher, operated by the Rochester Teachers Association. Calls are then funneled through to Homework Hotline where questions are answered live on WXXI-TV 21 (cable 11) Monday through Thursday at 5:30 p.m. during the school year. An education or communication major is preferred.

 

TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS: This internship will provide college level students with experience in all phases of television production with an emphasis on the technical side of the business. This will include camera operation, lighting, control room operations, teleprompter, floor manager, studio operations, set building, and other areas as assigned. The goal of the technology & operations internship is to give students the entry-level skills needed to begin a career in the television production industry. Qualified students should have a basic knowledge of television production.

 

AUDIO ENGINEERING: Duties will include preventive and routine maintenance of equipment. Installation and assembly of audio gear as needed. There will be live broadcasts which include the setup of microphones, mixers, recorders as each particular remote dictates. Studio production will also require the same skills as above with the added emphasis on production and editing along with dubbing, documentation and the distribution of nationally produced shows. Will assist on client type services and may be asked to assist in other departments with audio related tasks. Learn the operation of the ENCO storage and automation system and assist producers and staff. In general, hours will be Monday through Friday, between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, however, there may be work on the weekends or evenings. Hours can be flexible as needed. A great work ethic with personable and communication skills a must. Qualified students should have a basic knowledge of radio production.

 

ACCOUNTING: Assist with day-to-day activities in the accounting department. Work would include assisting with month-end closings, account analysis and reconciliation, cash receipts and disbursement entry, and some billing. Working under supervision of the Director of Finance, intern should have an interest in accounting and have good analytical skills.

AM 1370 CONNECTION & RADIO OPERATIONS: Assist host of AM 1370 Connection with preparation for daily radio program. Duties will include but not be limited to suggesting possible program topic ideas, lining up potential guests for programs, reconfirming guests bookings, checking the Web and wires for information and background data relating to upcoming programs and topics, checking that review copies of books for upcoming programs have arrived in a timely manner, processing dub requests. Assist the Operations Producer with various technical and production related duties.

Assist with the preparation of daily AM, FM program schedule using the Enco Digital Audio Delivery System. Reconcile daily program logs using the traffic software. Reconcile weekly Metro Traffic credits on company website. Help maintain program information files on local and national productions. Post program listings to the web for AM 1370 & FM 91.5. Edit and quality-check satellite recordings. Assist in the production of the daily talk show in monitoring the station signal, and screening phone calls.

 

Minimum Requirements:

• Familiarity with standard broadcast concepts, practices and procedures.
• Strong computer skills, and ability to work independently.
• Math aptitude
• Good writing and verbal skills.
• Proficiency maintaining and troubleshooting computers; operating basic Microsoft applications.
• Physical Requirements: Some kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, lifting, talking, hearing, repetitive motions. Close visual acuity. Some clerical experience.

WXXI has one of the finest news teams in the state, winning a multitude of awards over the years for reporting, features, documentaries and spot news. Our classical music is preferred by most listeners with a choice of two classical music stations, and we have a long and proud history of producing live performances as well as two weekly national productions from our studios for the last twenty years.

 

Sales & Marketing Internship

 

Assist the Client Marketing Services Coordinator and Account Executives with updating and working on new sales materials. This would include coming up with ways to spin ratings information to present our best numbers to potential underwriters. Student would work on and create a power point presentation, probably 40 pages long, for local advertising agencies on the many benefits of underwriting and corporate sponsorship at WXXI. This is a great opportunity for the student to create some dynamic pieces that they could later use in their portfolio.

 

Additional sales and marketing activities include:

• Updating sales materials for presentation kit
• Assembling sales presentation kits
• Mailing approximately 100 TV and radio affidavits monthly  
• Maintaining Client Summaries, Specifics, NPR Research, Trac Media TV Research, Media Audit Research resource files
• Updating multiple client lists (Traffic COP, ProTrack, Underwriter label)
• Mailings for Special events
• Attending monthly Programming meetings
• Maintaining Underwriting leads clippings
• Miscellaneous assignments

Send resume or application to:

 

Carole Edelman

Human Resources Associate

WXXI Public Broadcasting Council

P.O. Box 30021

Rochester, NY 14603-3021