We're excited to receive applications for our Summer positions. Please see below for the tentative positions set to start this Summer, from the week of June 20, 2023 - August 21, 2023.
We will begin to review applications in April 2023. If you're interested in applying for our internships, please submit your application via this link: https://forms.gle/ed9YtExjUCe38MtV8
Aspiring towards a career in media?
At BronxNet, students are able to gain experience in videography, editing, reporting, programming, and many more aspects of television broadcasting and emerging immersive technology.
With internships available in-studio, on-location and remotely, we are able to work with students' schedules to help build their media skills for the future.
Contact us at internships@bronxnet.org for more information, or to see us in action and take the first step in building skills for your media career!
The BronxNet TV’s Marketing and Communications Internship offers the intern direct and hands-on experience developing and executing marketing and communications campaigns for a non-profit television organization, working closely with the Marketing and Communications team and other teams across the organization to build and grow engagement with our audiences and to promote a variety of initiatives, including the growing BronxNet education program.
As a Marketing and Communications Intern, you will:
Work with the Marketing and Communications team to create and implement marketing campaigns including supporting:
Development of content calendars. Creating and posting engaging social media content and posts using social media scheduling tools.
Supporting the production of engaging multimedia assets (video, digital images, etc.) including assisting with the capture of behind-the-scenes content at events and studio recordings.
Supporting the creation and analysis of Key Performance Indicator Reports. Researching and developing online partnerships with Bronx organizations and artists.
Provide general support at live and online events.
Other duties as assigned.
Video editors are in command of editing of packages using Final Cut 10 and Premiere Pro. A package, to be specific, is a short segment of 1 to 2 minutes in length.
As a Video Editing Intern, you will:
Learn to edit packages with Adobe Premiere Pro.
BronxNet is the public service multimedia network of the people of the Bronx. Local Bronxite producers have access to our studios to produce their shows. BronxNet also produces in-house content remotely and at the BronxNet Studios. BronxNet TV broadcasts news, health awareness updates, voter literacy programs including debates and forums, educational content, and more across a range of programs without interruption. BronxNet programs broadcast on channels 67-70, 951 and 952 on the Optimum cable system and 2133-2138 on Verizon FiOS and are live streamed via BronxNet.tv.
As a Producer Intern, you will:
Meet with your Producer Trainer once a week via zoom on day and time that best suits both of your availability.
Attend the in-person taping of your Producer Trainer’s show.
Crew a show outside of your Producer Trainer’s show as a studio crew member.
Research segment ideas.
Research potential guest(s) and you will reach out to guest via email.
Create a rundown and a script for your show.
Production assist with your producer trainer’s show (i.e. gathering b-roll, creating weekly show graphics using Canva, helping with the script.
Studio interns are studio crew members tasked with doing the behind-the-scenes work of live television shows. All studio training is on-site and minimum experience is needed to become a studio intern.
As a Studio Intern, you will:
Learn to operate BronxNet studio camera and learn the different types of shots as directed by director in the control room.
Learn to utilize prompter for pre-recorded/live shows.
Learn to floor manage and, eventually, production assistants, communicating directly with the director of the show to ensure that the show is running smoothly.
Move into the control room, learning audio, graphics, and CCU.
Reporters are tasked with creating the narrative of a story, capturing moments and deciding how they should be told.
As a Reporter Intern, you will:
Meet with your Reporter Trainer once a week via zoom on day and time that best suits both of your availability.
Learn to effectively write a script that a video editor can read and create into a package.
Write weekly scripts and submit them to your Reporter Trainer for evaluation.
Shadow your Reporter Trainer on a physical shoot assigned to them.
Cover field shoots upon completion of training.
Complete a portfolio of at least 2-5 packages.
Videography is the process of shooting or covering an event. In layman’s terms, they’re the cameraman/woman following the reporter. They’re responsible for transporting and setting up equipment at each shoot as well ensuring that the lighting, position and overall shoot is the best quality possible. Some videographers will have post-production responsibilities, such as editing the footage; however, at BronxNet, videographers are only responsible for shooting and forwarding footage to the BronxNet drive for editors to access.
As a Videography Intern, you will:
Shadow your Videography Trainer on shoots that they’re assigned to twice a week.
Determine what type of equipment to use.
Clean and disassemble hardware.
Set up and tear down cameras, audio recorders, lighting, microphones, and props.
Programming Interns shadow a Programming Assistant and learn about how a TV network maintains broadcast operations for six cable and streaming channels.
As a Programming Intern, you will:
Learn how to quality control and schedule public access and BronxNet-produced programs submitted digitally to the Programming Department for broadcast.
Learn how to scrub through program logs for accuracy of schedules.
Learn how to perform monthly checks to ensure community producers are regularly submitting content.
Gain customer service knowledge by learning how to handle program-related questions and problems.
Gain hands-on master control experience, including exposure to daily live broadcasts.
The Content Acquisitions team at BronxNet identifies compelling films, specials and shows, reaches out to the award-winning creators behind the magic, and helps broadcast their work to millions all over the world, thus amplifying their powerful, independent voices.
As a Content Acquisitions Intern, you will:
Shadow our Content Acquisitions Coordinator and assist in all functions of the acquisition process, learning how the content is sourced, licensed, prepared for broadcast and promoted.
Screen content for possible acquisition.
Develop skills in film critique and content curation.
Attain insight as to which content is most suitable for our linear and digital platforms.
