Summary
Assist investigative reporter and producer with stories by researching and following up on hotline calls and emails
Category
Production Assistant
Location
Greater Chicago Area
Time Period
6 Months
Posted Date
Jun 09, 2022
Start Date
Aug 08, 2022
End Date
Jan 27, 2023
Job Description
Responsibilities:
A day in the life…
- Assist investigative reporter and producer with stories by researching and following up on hotline calls and emails
- Attend shoots and interviews with reporter and or producer
- Sit in on editing of segments
- Log interviews with use of Dalet
- Set up interviews
- Submit FOIAs
- Help find digital original stories
Basic Qualifications:
What you bring to the role…
- Knowledge of how to log interviews, screen calls, and emails
- Some editorial experience on rooting out a story
- Strong communication skills to talk to callers who are seeking help from the I-Team
Preferred Qualifications:
- Judgement of what may or may not be an investigation
- Studying journalism or broadcast television in college
Required Education
- Junior, Senior, Grad Student or Recent Graduate within six (6) months of graduation at the time of application
Preferred Education
- Pursuing a degree, or recently completed a degree, in Communications, Journalism or Broadcast Studies
Additional Information:
- All students must possess unrestricted work authorization
- All students must be at least 18 years old
- You must currently be enrolled in an accredited college or university and taking at least one class – OR – be a recent graduate of an accredited college or university within the last six (6) months - OR - be currently participating in the Disney College Program, Disney Culinary Program or Disney Professional Internship Program in order to qualify for this internship.
- All candidates must be available from August 2022-January 2023
- All candidates must be willing to work 18 – 20 hours/week
- All candidates must provide a consistent, reliable work schedule during the session
- All candidates must be able to work in the Chicago office and provide their own housing and transportation for the duration of the internship
- Must not have completed one year of continual employment on a Disney internship or program
This role is considered on-site, which means the employee will work from a Company designated location on an ongoing basis.
Job Type
Intern
Part Time
Weekly Limit
N/A
Shift
Day