Sports Intern

The KMBC 9 / KCWE 29 Internship Program is a paid, rigorous and highly competitive hands-on experience that provides individuals with the opportunity to learn about the operations of a broadcast television station. As a Sports Intern, you’ll learn how a newsroom plans, produces, and delivers sports content across broadcast and other platforms in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

What you’ll do:

• Assist with coverage of local and professional teams, high school and college sports, and community events
• Log games and practices; transcribe sound; cut highlights and VO/SOTs for broadcast and digital
• Support field shoots
• Build graphics/lower thirds; update score bugs and tickers; help prep scripts and slates
• Monitor wires, social feeds, and pressers; clip and publish content 
• Research story ideas, stats, and trends; help build rundowns and segment plans
• Write and edit short scripts, web stories, and social captions under guidance from producer

What we’re looking for:

• Currently pursuing a degree in journalism, communications, film/media, sports management, or related; rising junior+ preferred
• Strong sports knowledge – local, pro, and college; comfort with box scores, stats, and storylines
• Clear writing skills (AP style a plus) and strong attention to detail under deadline
• Basic video editing skills (Adobe Premier or similar) and comfort with newsroom workflows
• Team-oriented, proactive, and coachable; able to lift 25 lbs and stand for extended periods during shoots

Your first day at the station is set aside for orientation which Must be attended.  Plan to work one to two days a week, eight hours each shift with varying schedules.  During your internship you should always check in with your assigned advisor upon entering the building. In-person attendance is required.

Every career with Hearst Television is like a story. How it develops, where it takes you, the milestones you reach along the way – you’ve got a lot to look forward to as your unique career story unfolds.

Hearst Television, a subsidiary of Hearst, owns and operates local television and radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states reaching over 21 million U.S. television households. Through its partnership with nearly all of the major networks, Hearst Television distributes national content over nearly 70 video channels including programming from ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, MY Net, MeTV, This TV, Estrella and more.

Hearst Television is recognized as one of the industry's premier companies. It has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism and industry innovation, including the Walter Cronkite Award for political journalism, the national Edward R. Murrow Award, the DuPont-Columbia Award and the George Foster Peabody Award.