adminIntern with Northeast News!
Northeast News Internship Curriculum:
An 8-12 week curriculum for college students or recent graduates designed to produce well-equipped media professionals capable of handling multiple reporting assignments on various print and digital media platforms.
Community Journalism Overview. A review of story and writing assignments designed to familiarize the student with the community journalism concept.
Special Project Assignments. Students will be assigned a special project in the form of a stand alone publication. This project will have a completion date at the end of the student’s term with the Northeast News. This is designed to develop project management skills while continuing to meet day-to-day deadlines and story assignments.
Newswriting. Students will learn to write news for various platforms including broadcast, print, web, and social media platforms.
On-air delivery. Through our local radio partnerships, students will learn industry standards in radio and broadcast speaking skills including phraseology, enunciation, diction, professional communication, and writing to speak to their audience.
Production. Students will “job shadow” a local radio show producer, learning the various aspects of radio talk show production from show “pitch” to completed product. This includes subject matter, securing guest experts, and compiling interview questions for the radio show host. This will be accomplished through our strategic partnerships with two local non-profit radio stations (OneKCRadio and KKFI, 90.1 Community Radio).
Video. Students will learn to produce an effective news package, blending video segments with print and online news pieces.
Podcast. Students will produce episodes for the weekly Northeast Newscast from concept to completion. This includes gathering relevant content, booking a guest, conducting research, hosting, editing, promotion and publishing.
Missouri Sunshine Law. Students will learn exactly what is public information and what isn’t as far as local government is concerned. Students will also learn how to work with local government agencies on maintaining transparency.
Social Media. Students will learn how to effectively utilize social media platforms in news-gathering and reporting, linking completed work to a print product.
Additional Projects. Internship period is designed with “flex” weeks built in, depending on the school term, in order to allow the student to continue work on a specific project or gain additional experience in a specific skill set.
Resumes and questions can be sent to: northeastnewskc@gmail.com
College Qualifications:
The candidate should have at least one year of university-level writing experience. The successful candidate must be deadline-oriented and able to produce well-written, quality news stories on a daily and weekly basis.
Internships are approximately 25-30 hours per week with some weekend or evening work possible. This is a paid internship with the opportunity to earn college credit through the intern’s school.
Being a community weekly publication in Kansas City’s urban core, the Northeast News can offer a unique perspective on news gathering and presenting.
Through print, digital, social media, and our digital media partners One Kansas City Radio 100.1, we can offer the successful intern the opportunity to be an integral part of an active community news organization.
Given our small staff, there are interface opportunities with all full-time team members, including design, sales, editorial staff and publisher.
Interns are coached actively on a daily basis. With each new assignment or story to cover, the intern will be given counsel, direction, contacts, any pertinent background information, and why the story is relevant to the community.
Please submit resume and writing samples to: northeastnewskc@gmail.com
Highschool Qualifications:
The candidate should have an interest in print or digital news, social media, audio and visual, radio, photography, creative writing, marketing, or advertising. The successful candidate must be deadline-oriented and able to produce quality news stories or content on a weekly basis.
Internships are approximately 10-15 hours per week of weekend and evening work to be scheduled around school and other extracurriculars.
Being a community weekly publication in Kansas City’s urban core, the Northeast News can offer a unique perspective on news gathering and presenting.
Through print, digital, social media, and our digital media partners One Kansas City Radio 100.1, we can offer the successful intern the opportunity to be an integral part of an active community news organization.
Given our small staff, there are interface opportunities with all full-time team members, including design, sales, editorial staff and publisher.
Interns are coached actively on a daily basis. With each new assignment or story to cover, the intern will be given counsel, direction, contacts, any pertinent background information, and why the story is relevant to the community.
Please submit resume and writing samples to: northeastnewskc@gmail.com
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