GRAY MEDIA TRAINING CENTER PROGRAM INTERNSHIP - FALL '25 - WLBT Job at Gray Television, Jackson, MS

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  • Gray Television
  • Jackson, MS

Job Description

Gray Media Training Center Program Internship - Fall '25 - WLBT

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

WLBT is Mississippi's flagship station and the dominant #1 local TV and digital media in Central Mississippi. We are an NBC affiliate that consistently produces award-winning local news coverage. Jackson, MS, is a market with a 24-county DMA. It is Mississippi's largest TV market and state capital, offering great museums, several local universities, and a home to the largest medical facilities in the state, including the prestigious University of Mississippi Medical Center. With our great weather, Mississippi is about the outdoors. An extensive network of walking, running, and cycling trails is available across the metro. And if you love a weekend getaway, Jackson is located within a short drive from the beautiful Gulf Coast beaches, New Orleans, Memphis, Birmingham, Nashville, Dallas, and Atlanta.

Job Summary/Description

The Gray Media Training Center offers hands-on training to prepare participants for professional careers in local broadcasting and digital media. The program covers key areas such as news, marketing, production, engineering, technology, and multimedia sales. This is a paid, part-time, temporary internship.

Join the Gray Media Training Center Internship Program and immerse yourself in a hands-on learning environment as a key member of our acclaimed digital and broadcast team at WLBT-TV. Program participants will gain practical, hands-on experience in essential areas of news, marketing, production, engineering, and multimedia sales. As a fellow of the Gray Media Training Center, participants will have the unique opportunity to create a public affairs show each semester, overseeing every aspect from shooting and editing to producing, directing, and hosting. This is a paid, part-time, temporary internship.

Please note - primary job duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the information listed above.

Qualifications

- Candidates should be juniors or seniors at an accredited university or college in Mississippi, maintaining a strong academic record and possessing a recommendation from their dean or internship coordinator. - Candidates must exhibit a strong work ethic, effective time management, and exceptional professional and organizational skills. - Candidates should be pursuing a degree in Journalism/Communications, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, or related fields, with a keen interest in gaining hands-on experience in the local media industry.

WLBT-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company.

Additional Info

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

Gray Media encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus before the first workday.

Gray Television

Job Tags

Temporary work, Part time, Internship, Local area, Weekend work,

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