WUSF News Intern (Admin Clerk) (Finance)
WUSF Public Media is looking for several college students ready to work in a professional newsroom - people with a passion for the headlines and for bringing news to the public radio audience. Our interns work closely with the WUSF News team of seasoned reporters learning how to research, write and produce stories for radio and online platforms. It's a semester where students are treated like real journalists from the start, assigned stories that matter to millions of Tampa Bay area residents. It's where they will discover how public media tries to serve its audience differently from commercial news organizations. And WUSF News interns will get a well-rounded dose of what it takes to succeed as a journalist - from deducing what stories to pursue, to gathering sound and writing stories that sing.
WUSF News Internships are considered mentorship, working with the news staff of WUSF Public Media. The scholarship duration is one semester and will begin shortly after the start of the semester.
WUSF News interns are paid for their work. During the fall semester, these are one and two day a week opportunities. Every shift is eight hours long.
The applicant must be a student who is interested in journalism and in learning more about researching, writing and producing news for radio and digital platforms. The applicant should be a good writer, able to take constructive criticism during the editing process, and have some knowledge of public media's unique reporting style and programming.
WUSF is seeking several interns for the fall semester. Indicate in your cover letter which position(s) you are interested in and why. They include:
WUSF Rush Family Radio News Internship (two interns) - The Radio News internship is two days a week. Position will include researching assignments, conducting interviews, writing, producing, and voicing daily and in depth news radio stories, and writing a digital report.
WUSF-USF Zimmerman Rush Family Radio News Internship (two interns) - The Zimmerman internship is one day a week. Position will include researching assignments, conducting interviews, writing and producing daily audio and digital stories. Students must be enrolled in the USF Zimmerman School.
WUSF Stephen Noble Digital-Social News Internship (one intern) - The Digital-Social News internship is one to two days a week (one must be Friday). Position will include producing visual and audio material for WUSF social media sites, as well as reporting radio and digital stories that will drive web audience, and pulling stories from the weekly Florida Roundup live call-in show.
ORGANIZATIONAL SUMMARY:
WUSF is a comprehensive public media organization that operates WUSF 89.7, an NPR news radio station, and all-classical music radio station, WSMR 89.1 & 103.9, and provides digital content online through newsletters, podcasts, and social media and serves a weekly broadcast audience of greater than 350,000. WUSF is a department of the University of South Florida, with 89 employees and a budget of $11 million, and provides internships to students. WUSF's main studios are on the USF Tampa campus, with a broadcast and music performance studio on the USFSM campus and an office and news production studio on the USFSP campus.
Dates of Internship: Sept. 2, 2025 - Dec. 11, 2025. Orientation will take place at start of semester.
Average Number of Hours Per Week: 8 - 16 hours per week
Schedule: 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. one or two days a week (Monday-Friday). No partial day shifts are available.
Contact Information for Questions about Recruitment: Mark Schreiner at mschreiner@wusf.orgMinimum: These positions require a high school diploma, or equivalent, with one year of general office experience. Appropriate college course work or vocational/technical training may substitute at an equivalent rate for the required experience.
Preferred: The ideal candidate will be an active consumer of local and national news (including NPR) and should have knowledge of or has taken courses related to journalism, communications and/or public broadcasting. Experience reporting and writing for other publications, including student newspapers and stations, is a plus. The student must have a working vehicle and a current driver's license class E.The University of South Florida is a high-impact global research university dedicated to student success. Over the past 10 years, no other public university in the country has risen faster in U.S. News and World Report's national university rankings than USF. Serving more than 50,000 students on campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee, USF is designated as a Preeminent State Research University by the Florida Board of Governors, placing it in the most elite category among the state's 12 public universities. USF is a member of the American Athletic Conference.
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