KGO-TV (ABC7) 7 On Your Side Intern, Summer/Fall 2023

Be a part of an innovative team and culture…

KGO-TV is an ABC-owned television station (OTVS), located in San Francisco near the city’s iconic waterfront. The station is in the #8 ranked television market in the country. You will have the opportunity to observe and participate in the daily work and operations of a major market television station.

At 7 on Your Side, you get hands-on experience working with a team that produces two consumer news segments each week day, reaching hundreds of thousands of viewers and directly helping the residents of the San Francisco Bay Area.

While you get news production experience, you also learn essential office skills like organization, effective communication, follow-through, and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Overall, we hope to teach how to find, craft, and distribute good stories while instilling a sense of teamwork and a desire to help those around us.

A Day in the Life…

You will need to keep up with daily consumer news with an eye for potential stories, with possible light writing assignments. You will also do research for producers’ stories, including web research, verifying data over the phone, and cross-checking multiple sources.

You will also help sift through viewer responses to find the most compelling stories for the producers, and compile data on the information gathered from the pool of viewer messages.

Finally, you will help consumer counselors as they answer viewer email and present the viewers’ issues to the relevant companies / agencies. Patience, professionalism, and clear communication essential!

What we are looking for…

• Successful interns will have a strong story sense, great attention to detail, the ability to interrogate information and conduct effective research, good organizational and time management skills, and the ability to follow through.

• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and work effectively with different personality types.

• Working experience in Microsoft Word, Google Docs and Google Sheets, Zoom, Slack.

• Proficient in creating and maintaining spreadsheets in Excel

• Strong general research and organization skills

• Patience, professionalism, and clear communication essential

Preferred Qualifications:

• Undergraduate students in their Junior or Senior year or recently graduated within the past 6 months

• Previous experience (academic or internship) in journalism (print and/or broadcast); television, news and new media production; and/or television news script writing.

• Familiarity with Adobe Premiere

• Familiarity with Airtable

Required Education:

• Must be enrolled in an accredited college/university taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program OR must have graduated from a college/university within 6 months OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Professional Internship

Additional Details:

• Must be at least 18 years of age

• Must not have completed one year of continual employment on a Disney internship or program.

• Must possess unrestricted work authorization

Program Dates:

• All candidates must be available from June 2023 through early January 2024

• All candidates must be available to work 20 hours per week during a Monday through Sunday schedule (hours and days to be determined by your supervisor, and could include nights, weekends and holidays)

• All candidates must be able to have a consistent, reliable work schedule throughout the session

• All candidates must be able to work in the San Francisco office and provide their own housing and transportation for the duration of the internship.

The pay rate for this remote internship is $16.99 per hour.