Internships
Looking for an internship with Spokane Public Radio? Non-paid Internships are available for school-credit for students at area colleges, universities, high schools, and training programs. Please work with your school's program advisor to apply for Spokane Public Radio internships.
Newsroom Internship- available Fall 2024
Spokane Public Radio’s newsroom is looking for dependable, self-starting, and creative journalism students to contribute to our local daily news content during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. During their internships, aspiring reporters will attend press events, record sound in the field, and write stories around this sound that hosts will use on air. As interns gain confidence with broadcast writing, sound equipment, and digital editing, their roles will expand to voicing and editing short spot pieces. Student journalists who demonstrate ambition, aptitude and an ability to follow through could also be assigned to work on their own enterprise story ideas, longer NPR-style features, and series work.
Possible Assignments could include:
- Monitoring the Associated Press wire and rewriting AP copy
- Gathering sound from area news events
- Digital sound editing
- Writing anchor actualities/cut-and-copy pieces for use by morning and afternoon hosts
- Uploading stories to our webpage
Requirements:
A strong grasp of English spelling and grammar is essential, in addition to knowledge of AP Style (either broadcast or print). It’s equally important that our interns understand basic civics and demonstrate an interest in local, national, and world events. Beyond that, we’d like to talk with student journalists who understand the news philosophy of public radio, have a strong sense of media ethics, a curious mind, and who approach reporting with a sense of creativity. We are mainly looking for college/university junior and senior journalism majors, but promising sophomores with a strong sense of dedication to the trade will also be considered. Experience with sound equipment and digital editing software is a plus.
This position reports to the SPR News/Program Director.
Serious SPR internship applicants are asked to submit a cover letter, resume, and two to three writing samples to SPRinternships@kpbx.org.
Production Internship-available Fall 2024
Spokane Public Radio is looking for an intern to assist with production duties related to on air fundraising, ten to 15 hours per week (flexible). Intern will assist in the management of recorded content provided by national producers as well as the creation, development, and writing/editing of on-air fundraising material for Spokane Public Radio.
Possible Duties Include:
- Import, maintenance, and organization of fundraising audio provided by NPR, PRI and APM for member stations
- Copywriting, submittal, and retrieval of content voiced by national personalities
- Recording, editing and mixing of listener testimonials
- Other tasks associated with maintaining a high profile on-air message of the importance of listener financial support
Skills Needed:
- Experience with school newspaper or radio shows.
- Exposure to broadcast or copywriting related courses
- Must have the ability to write, meet deadlines and work independently
- Must have strong organizational and communication skills
- Must have some familiarity with audio recording equipment and editing software
- Self-starter and appetite for learning radio
- Familiarity with Spokane Public Radio stations KPBX 91.1 FM, KSFC 91.9 FM, KPBZ 90.3 FM including popular public radio programs (NPR, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, PRI - This American Life, etc.)
This position reports to the SPR Production Director.
Serious SPR internship applicants are asked to submit a cover letter, resume and two to three writing samples to SPRinternships@kpbx.org.
Radio Production Internship- (paused)
Spokane Public Radio is looking for an intern to assist in the production of a weekly Northwest-centric arts digest program called the Thursday Arts (P)review. Working closely with SPR’s Arts & Music director, the intern will be expected to take prerecorded interviews, readings and music from various internal sources and help assemble them into a fluid, informative and entertaining half-hour (and potentially hour-long) format for broadcast. The estimated time commitment is 10 hours per week.
Duties Include:
- Keeping firm tabs on upcoming arts-related events
- Sourcing relevant, timely content from various SPR hosts and producers
- Editing interviews and other recordings to extract highlights
- Sequencing edited material in a logical, engaging way
- Developing some scripted content
- Incorporating suitable music and segues into a long-form program
- Communicating progress to supervisors
Skills Needed:
- Self-starter and appetite for learning radio
- Interest in literature, music, film, theater, visual art and/or other arts disciplines
- Experience with school newspaper or radio shows preferred
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and work independently
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Familiarity with audio recording equipment and editing software preferred
- Familiarity with Spokane Public Radio stations KPBX 91.1 FM, KSFC 91.9 FM, KPBZ 90.3 FM and their existing programming
This position reports to the SPR Arts & Music Director.
Similar community volunteer positions can occasionally be arranged by contacting Stephanie Ingoldby, Volunteer Manager by calling 509.328.5729 or emailing singoldby@kpbx.org.