First, it will let you see and experience a "working" sports
broadcasting operation in the real world. Textbooks and instructors can
give you only so much. We hope your "hands on" experience at KSL will
serve you well in your college studies and eventually in your career.
Absorb and learn all you can. Ask questions!

Second, your internship will give you the chance to contribute to our
efforts and develop valuable skills as you do so. We use our interns in
a wide range of assignments and depend on their resourcefulness and
abilities. We expect you to respond to requests for assistance from any
and all Sports Department employees. Sometimes you will be assigned
tasks. Other times what you do will depend upon your initiative--your
ability to see a need that you can fill.

We encourage you to be a full participant in the Sports Department. That
includes contributing ideas and initiating preliminary research on
possible stories. You can be as busy and productive as you choose to be.
You are encouraged to be aggressive in your approach to your tasks.
Don’t just wait for the assignments that will come. Ask for feedback or
critiques on everything you do. If you don’t, you will miss one of the
most valuable opportunities you will have.

Over the course of your internship we hope you will be able to improve
your performance in the following skills:

* Basic sports broadcast writing * Research techniques
* Information gathering
* Packaging techniques
* Basic production**
* Interviewing techniques

** You will be given the opportunity to have stories you participate in
(including video that you have edited) on the air.

As part of your internship, you may be asked to do the following:

Run errands
Answer phones
Log tapes
Assist sports photographers on live shots
Arrange interviews
Assist sports reporters on stories
Telephone to gather information
Write VO’s and NAT-SOT’s
Search computer archive
Cover events for VO & NAT-SOT stories
Retrieve archive tapes
Conduct video-taped interviews
Working weekends is a must
Weekdays as needed
Some moderate lifting (10-30 lbs)
Anything else that will help the cause!

PURPOSE: This KSL TV Sports internship is designed to provide students
with a strong interest in television sports/broadcast journalism an
opportunity to gain an insight into the operation of professional
TV news sports production.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
• Needs to be registered at a university, college, community college or
vocational-technical institute on a full-time basis. Priority will be
given to students of junior/senior status, or in the last year of a
community college or vocational-technical program.
• Prefer someone working towards a degree in broadcast journalism or
equivalent. Applicant needs to be in good academic standing.
• Needs to be organized, able to meet deadlines and be a self-starter.
Proven ability to be precise and accurate.
• Good writing, production and conversational skills to transmit
information clearly and efficiently.
• The internship will cover a quarter/semester period of approximately
twenty (20) hours per week, with a schedule to be arranged by the
intern, the intern coordinator and the intern's academic advisor.
• Proven ability to handle stress.
• Work in compliance with Company policies and procedures.
• Work effectively in a team environment.
• Maintain a positive and cooperative rapport with staff, management,
and clients.
• Project an appropriate professional appearance and demeanor.
• Final discretion as to assignments while participating in the
internship program will remain with KSL.
• Persons participating in the KSL TV Sports internship needs to
understand that no guarantees are given for future employment. KSL may
terminate internship at any time.
• Final selection of a KSL intern from among those expressing interest
rests with KSL.
• Must sign and abide by the Internship Agreement. University or college
must also sign and abide by the agreement.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
• Substantial physical movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or
fingers.
• Receive, process, and maintain information through oral and/or written
communication effectively.
• Lift, move, and carry up to 20 pounds on occasion.
• Ability to extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction with good eye
and hand coordination.
*Application Instructions: THE APPLICANT MUST SUBMIT:
• A completed standard employee application form.
• A current academic transcript (preferred).
• A letter from the applicant's university or college verifying
arrangement of credit for the internship.