Northern California Public Media is seeking interns to assist with reporting and producing the news. The News Department presents a daily feature-length radio story about events mostly in the North Bay, as well as a quarterly television program called Connect the Bay about current affairs in the nine county Bay Area. Among our other projects is a podcast about Environmental Justice called Living Downstream and longer radio programs connected to important issues in the Bay Area. This is a great opportunity for someone with a journalism or strong writing background to gain professional journalism experience and add to their resume, getting hands-on practice in digital recording, editing and mixing of audio as well as possibly recording and editing video. We also approach the work of journalism in partnership with our community, and we are happy to share that approach with our interns and build upon their own contacts and interests.

Duties include:

Amplifying the voice of NCPM on social media
Researching stories and contacting and interviewing sources
Field recording and event coverage
Audio recording and editing
Photography and video skills for news
Identifying and compiling additional resources for web reports

Required:

Strong writing and editing skills
Experience with web-based research
Basic interviewing skills
Ability to commit to at least 10 hours a week

Preferred:

Fluency in Spanish or other languages spoken in the Bay Area
Digital editing of audio and/or video
Knowledge of digital recording equipment
Proven news judgment
Ability to quickly understand complex issues
Experience producing web feature elements

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