WGAL News Intern - 2027 Spring
- Location
- Lancaster, PA
- Listed
- 2 days ago
About the role
WGAL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Lancaster, PA, offers paid internships in the News department. In order to apply for an internship at WGAL, please provide a cover letter with your application; along with any applicable attachments, including writing samples, reels, etc. of your work.
The cover letter should include
- Department preference (for example, News Producing, Reporting, Photography, Sports or Meteorology)
- Available start and end dates
- Days and hours available to intern
- Briefly state your main objectives for participating in WGAL-TV internship (please be specific)
- What are your strongest areas of interest
Application Deadlines
- Spring: December 17, 2026
Newsroom
Newsroom interns will spend 10-12 weeks shadowing and gaining experience in the following departments:
Assignment Desk
- Assist team members in gathering news and information. This includes taking and placing telephone calls from reporters, sources, governments agencies and general public.
- May also assist in research and other tasks.
TV News Production
- Practice writing and formatting scripts for broadcast.
- Time in the field shadowing reporters or anchors at a live report is possible but not guaranteed.
Digital News Production
- Help research and write content for WGAL digital platforms including the WGAL app, WGAL.com and various social media platforms.
- When appropriate, the opportunity to help with photo and video production for digital platforms may be available
Photographers and Logistics
- Assist team members with field work and news gathering
Internships are scheduled based on mutual availability and academic schedule and requirements, but may consist of 24-hours per week
Sports
Interns should be well versed in both the local and national sports scenes (college and professional). The ability to converse about the hot sports topics of the day is a MUST. Interns should have working knowledge of the local sports scene (i.e., aware of managers, head coaches and star players of the local professional teams) and be conversational on major national sports stories and events.
Interns will learn to
- Write scripts for daily sportscast.
- Research team and player statistics.
- Pitch story ideas to sports department
- May accompany reporters on location shoots but not guaranteed
Weather
Please note: All candidates for internships with WGAL's Weather department MUST be enrolled in a meteorology curriculum or closely related program of study.
In an internship at WGAL we stress analyzing and forecasting first, followed by storytelling and graphics production.
Interns will learn to
- Analyze weather charts and models
- Prepare daily forecasts
- Produce weather graphics
- Assist meteorologists in gathering critical & breaking weather information and data
- Relay important information to/from News, Assignment Desk, and Web
- Research statistical data
- Practice forecast delivery in-studio
- Assist with social media efforts and email communication
Values in Action
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communication, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate, and connected to the communities we serve.
From Hearst's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 7, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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