KMBC-TV Digital Content Intern

Job Description

Format: In-Person

Internship Duration: June 2nd to September 11th

Deadline to Submit Resume: Friday, February 27th

KMBC-TV, the Hearst Television-owned ABC affiliate in Kansas City, is looking for a motivated Digital Content Intern to work with a fast-paced, collaborative team that responds to breaking news and creates engaging content for the station's digital platforms, including the website, app, and social media. You will be a part of a digital team writing articles and creating videos and infographics for local news, weather, sports, entertainment, and community activities with deadlines that change with the news cycle.

This role is in-person 5 days a week out of the KMBC station.

This intern will be part of the Neurodiversity@Hearst program, a paid, full-time 15-week internship program for neurodivergent/autistic talent interested in enhancing their technical skills. From June 2nd - September 12th, 2025, interns will participate in an immersive, hands-on experience at a leading global, diversified media, information, and services company.

What You'll Do

• Assist digital team with social content production including graphics, videos and infographics for stories.
• Help research and write articles to display correctly formatted on the app, website and social media
• Work with reporters and assignment editors to review and confirm that data is accurate before publication. You'll have tools, clear processes, and team support to help double-check information.
• Attention to detail
• Clip and post local news and weather forecast videos to our website, app, and social media platforms.
• Write text to support videos posted from the weekend
• Write concise, accurate headlines and alerts that clearly inform viewers and encourage them to engage with the content
• Monitor other media outlets' digital and social media platforms to pitch content.
• Assist digital team with aspects of video production including holding the camera and r microphone during shoots

What You'll Bring

• Knowledge of how to create and edit images using Adobe Express or Photoshop for social graphics and collages
• Able to independently write, edit and publish news articles with support for prioritizing work across multiple deadlines
• Experience with or interest in using content management systems, such as Uplynk and websites akin to Word Press, to update website pp
• Interest in or knowledge of measuring performance numbers using Google Analytics
• Strength in following review processes to ensure accuracy
• Experience with digital and social media strategy
• Ability to work under strict deadlines collaboratively with our team
• Working knowledge of Google Analytics
• A background in journalism or communication is helpful but not required. We welcome candidates who have gained relevant skills through work experience, independent projects, or other learning paths, with or without a college degree.

Helpful Experience (Not Required)

The following experiences are preferred, but not required. We encourage candidates with interested in learning new technologies to apply, even if they don't meet all the qualifications.

• Knowledge of how to create and edit videos in Adobe Premiere. This will enable the applicant to repurpose video from the newscast and r photographers in the field to create short videos for social media.
• Ability to transcribe short clips for captions (occasionally live videos) or social videos
• Interest in or knowledge of measuring performance numbers using Parse.ly and Social News Desk
• Experience with or interest in formatting artificial intelligence to complete word-processing and other tasks

Value 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.

About Hearst Television

Hearst Television (HTV) owns and/or operates 35 television and two radio stations serving 27 media markets across 39 states reaching over 22 million U.S. television households. HTV is recognized as one of the industry's premier broadcasting companies and has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism, industry innovation, and community service.

About Hearst

Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group;
Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19% of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston…