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News Assistant  The News Assistant program is designed to give recent college graduates practical experience in a broadcast news setting. During their tenure, News Assistants are exposed to many aspects of producing a nightly television news program and may have the opportunity to rotate through any, or all of the following areas: Field Shoots Research Logging Newsdesk Online The application deadline is April 1, 2019. Anticipated start Summer 2019. RESPONSIBILITIES Researching stories and potential interview subjects. Assisting producers on field shoots. Completing general duties associated with the newsdesk. Logging video feeds. Contributing to digital content and online post-production. Perform related special projects or other duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS Excellent writing and research skills. Demonstrated interest in journalism and/or television production. Professional phone manner and solid administrative skills. Strong work ethic and ...

Internship Opportunity  This 10-week PBS NewsHour summer fellowship was created in honor of award-winning anchor, reporter, and author Gwen Ifill, the former PBS NewsHour co-anchor and managing editor and Washington Week moderator and managing editor. The Fellow participates in the development and production of the PBS NewsHour. Primary responsibilities as assigned by the Producer, Broadcast will be to: research national, international, and political news stories; gather editorial information and video elements; cover live events; generate story ideas; copy edit; assist with video editing; and produce broadcast and web content. RESPONSIBILITIES Participate in the development and production of PBS NewsHour: Research issues and prepare background information for news segments. Produce video, sound and graphic elements that may include package production. Log and archive video feeds, maintain production notes and assist with editing. Organize scripts for live, daily ...

Position: Student Assistant for University Communications Department : Marketing and Communications, University Advancement Description: Position available for student in writing disciplines with interest and experience in social media creation, news writing, magazine writing, and press release development. The position calls for assisting the University Communications staff in content development and copy editing. Applicant must be enrolled full-time as a CSUN student. Duties:  Cover on-campus events in multiple formats, including social media and writing post-event story  Develop articles to be posted and/or featured on CSUN Today that announce, reflect or highlight campus events and accomplishments, faculty and staff news and student accomplishments  Develop feature stories on subject matter pertaining to students, faculty, and alumni for inclusion on CSUN Today  Contribute content ideas for potential CSUN Today stories, press releases and CSUN Magaz...