Apply for a Media Internship

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Through our competitive Media Internship program, you’ll gain hands-on experience in community media and further develop your media production skillset for today’s creative workforce.

Diversify & define your skills:

Interns work directly on a variety of media production opportunities, including content marketing, live event production, and documentary & broadcast journalism. You’ll build a versatile tool kit of durable skills, from content creation to community outreach.

Practice with hands-on experience:

Through collaboration with our team of media professionals, you’ll assist with our community programs that deliver timely results for our members and clients to prepare you for a career in the communications and media fields.

Requirements & pre-requisites for a successful internship experience:

    • Internships require a minimum of FIFTEEN dedicated hours on site per week for a period of 12 weeks at our production facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
    • Our internships are production intensive and focused on both producing a professional quality reel to assist with your media production career as well as helping us amplify, inform, and create impact in our community. 
    • Applicants must be able to demonstrate their practical knowledge with basic camera operations and the editing of footage into a video for success with this program. Please note that strict adherence to deadlines is a part of the experience one should also consider when evaluating this opportunity.

Winter Session:

January 14th, 2025 to April 08th, 2025

Program Requirements:

• Commitment: Interns must commit to a minimum of 12 weeks (roughly 3
months) and work a minimum of 15 hours per week.
• Shift Requirements: Interns must be available for three daytime shifts (4 hours minimum)
and one evening shift Tuesday–Saturdays.
• Training Sessions: First-term interns must be available on Tuesday evenings for
training.


If you do not have, or wish to become more skilled, with camera operation and video editing, please consider becoming a volunteer producer with Public Media Network or apply for one of our Media Shift cohorts to develop those valuable practical skillsets.

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