Posted On: December 2, 2011

Journalism Internship

Media Organization: Clear Channel Radio National Programming Platforms

Company Description

With 237 million monthly listeners in the U.S., Clear Channel Radio has the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America. Clear Channel radio serves 150 cities through 850 owned radio stations and an additional 100 cities and 4,000 stations through its syndicated products. The company's radio stations and content can be heard on AM/FM stations, HD digital radio channels, Sirius/XM satellite, on the Internet at iHeartRadio.com, and on the iHeartRadio mobile application on iPads, HP TouchPads and smartphones, and used via navigation systems from TomTom, Garmin and others. Our app combines the best of both worlds: the nation's top live radio stations and Custom Radio stations, and delivers everything listeners want in one free, fully-integrated service. More than 800 of the nation's most popular live broadcast and digital-only radio stations from 150 cities, plus user-created Custom Stations which provide listeners more songs, better music intelligence, more user control, deeper social integration. The iHeartRadio app has been downloaded over 45 million times.

Job Description

Love music? Passionate about all things pop culture? Interested in digital media?
We’re looking for enthusiastic, talented, hard-working interns to join our small editorial staff this Spring. We’re responsible for creating editorial content that runs across our network of 850 radio station websites, including entertainment and music news, photo galleries, artist and celebrity interviews, weekly and monthly features, live music events and more.
The interns will report directly to the Entertainment Editor.
Responsibilities:
Assist in the production of editorial content for Clear Channel Radio's network of over 850 radio station web sites. This includes writing and publishing original articles, editing and publishing wire copy and headlines, assisting in the creation of editorial packages around breaking news, exclusive content and planned events, research and prep for artist and celebrity interviews and occasional assistance on celebrity and artist interviews, photo shoots and live music events. Additionally the intern will be responsible for weekly music updates and will also have the opportunity to assist the photo department in creating and captioning photo galleries.

Intern must possess solid news judgment and the ability to identify buzzworthy news stories with a particular interest in celebrities, entertainment, music, radio and pop culture.

Qualifications:

Outstanding written, oral communication, and organizational skills

Passionate about pop culture, entertainment, music, and news

Knowledge of and experience using social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook

Familiarity with Microsoft Office, Photoshop and Web publishing tools a MUST

Basic HTML knowledge is preferred but not required

To Apply

Please send cover letter/resume/relevant clips (if available) to CCRDeditorial@gmail.com