WLWT-TV, the Hearst Television owned NBC affiliate in Cincinnati, is recruiting college students for our 10-week, paid summer internship program. The internship focuses on exposing and actively engaging in all aspects of television production with specific focus on engineering, IT, and the support roles within a live broadcast facility.
Successful Completion of Internship:
Perform the duties of an operating engineer, maintenance engineering, and/or IT specialist during a live newscast or event.
After completing the internship, the intern should understand the role of the technology department in broadcast television, have an understanding of the various support roles within the department and be prepared for an entry level position in broadcast technology fields.
Syllabus for Technology Internship
Week 1:Orientation, Station & Departmental Overviews, Workflow
Tour the station.
Be introduced to technology personnel.
Receive an overview of the production process including interdepartmental processes.
Watch newscasts with technology team supervisors.
Meet with individual departmental managers.
Review departmental dependencies and relationships with engineering and IT.
Week 2:Operations - Broadcast
Receive exposure to various facets of broadcast operations including roles and responsibilities.
News Operations.
Production Control and Studio Operations.
Master Control Operations.
Creative Services Operations.
Discuss FCC compliance (CALM, Transmitter Power Level Requirements, Licensing, Logging, EAS, Emergency information requirements, Closed Captioning, Descriptive Audio, Children’s Programming).
Week 3: Information Technology
Infrastructure Overview.
Broadcast Production Network Overview.
Virtual Environments.
Production Applications – ENPS, HATMOS, Vizrt.
IT systems integrations within each department.
Hands-on Work Experience as applicable.
Week 4: Engineering Focused
Hands-on Work Experience as applicable.
Weeks 5 & 6: Technology Focused
User Support from workstations to mobile devices.
Security – software updates, critical updates, Anti-Virus (Crowdstrike), Image Assistant.
Systems and support
Remote access and contribution.
Software by department and function.
Hands-on Work Experience as applicable.
Weeks 7 & 8: Operations Focused
Production Control
News Set Operations
News Crew – Field Operations
Content Acquisition – SNG, ENG, CNG, TVU
Transmitters
Content propagation – OTA, MVPD, OTT
Broadcast Workflow and Automation Processes.
Hands-on Work Experience as applicable.
Weeks 9 & 10: Hands-on Work Experience
These weeks are dedicated to further exposure and practical experience in the intern’s area(s) of interest.
Values in Action
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That’s why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communication, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate, and connected to the communities we serve.
Hearst Television (HTV) owns and/or operates 35 television and two radio stations serving 27 media markets across 39 states reaching over 22 million U.S. television households. HTV is recognized as one of the industry's premier broadcasting companies and has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism, industry innovation, and community service.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. we do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national, origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
As one of the nation’s largest global, diversified information, services and media companies, Hearst has been leading with purpose and integrity and innovating for more than a century. With a mission to inform audiences and improve lives, the company’s portfolio includes global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; Hearst Transportation, which includes CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing the maintenance of jets and helicopters; 35 television stations; 24 daily and 52 weekly newspapers; more than 200 magazine editions around the world and ownership in cable television networks A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN.
Leading with purpose, Hearst is always moving forward. With a commitment to the highest quality in our products and services, we’re investing in healthcare solutions to help improve patient outcomes and technology that curbs emissions. Our brands are providing vital analysis, data and software to the global financial services industry; delivering important service and investigative journalism; and inspiring audiences with sports and entertainment programming. And we are dedicated to serving the communities it operates in, both civically and philanthropically.
