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Summer 2013 CBSi News Editorial Intern - CBS Corporation (New York, NY)

Posted: Friday, February 15, 2013 3:07 PM


Job Title Summer 2013 CBSi News Editorial Intern
Auto req ID 13304BR
CBS Business Unit CBS Interactive
Division/Station CBS News Other
Department / Business Unit CBS-NET News / Assignment Desk Domestic
Location New York - New York
Job Description Talent has its place. It’s here. CBS Interactive. Work where innovation meets creativity. Where the brightest left and right brainers have a seat at the table. Where you’ll work on some of the biggest online brands across sports, entertainment, technology, gaming and news. It’s where your talent will find its happy place.



CBS Interactive, a division of CBS Corporation, is the premier online content network for information and entertainment. With more than 250 million people visiting its properties each month, it is a top 10 Web property globally and a top 5 Web property in the U.S. in terms of unique video viewers. Its portfolio of leading brands, which include CNET, CBS.com, CBSNews.com, CBSSports.com, GameSpot, TV.com and Last.fm, span popular categories like technology, entertainment, sports, news and gaming.



Key Responsibilities:




* Reporting to the hard news desk to assist with updating coverage and \"swarming\" on breaking news. This includes contributing research to sidebars, producing photo galleries and tracking down relevant video

* Working in our content management system to publish stories from CBS broadcast sources and news wires, with an eye toward writing good headlines and subheads; Also, helping to select photos and added elements to create a fully packaged story for readers

* Contributing the occasional self-written and reported news item

* Monitoring of trends, competitor sites and other sources to report to editors several times daily on stories that would be of interest to our audience

* Formulating a list of story ideas for an original story to be reported and written during the course of the internship, with a weekly meeting to touch base on where the work stands in relation to a set deadline.

* Monitoring live feeds to assist in running webcasts and flagging raw video

* Editing, captioning and posting video from feeds and other source material

Required Skills/Experience

* Superior written and verbal communication skills

* Currently working towards a degree in English, Journalism, Communications, or related.

* Intern candidates must be currently enrolled in college/university with at least one semester to go after completion of the internship

Job Status Intern/Co-op

Source: http://www.jobs2careers.com/click.php?id=304594909.96

Salary/Wage: low


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