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Antiques Roadshow/Web Internship
Department Description:
WGBH Interactive produces award-winning Web sites and other multimedia projects in collaboration
with a wide range of WGBH's national television broadcasts, as well as educational projects for
other external clients. Antiques Roadshow Online is the companion Web site to the highest-rated
prime-time television series how on PBS, which has an audience of over 10 million regular viewers.
The Web team is currently in production on a major redesign of the site, to include a searchable
database of all appraisal video segments ever featured on the television series. The intern will
work in support of this ongoing project.
WGBH Internship Requirements:
- WGBH internships are open only to students enrolled in an accredited college or university
- Interns must receive college credit for the internship.
- Internships are unpaid
College Major Desired: Television, Media Arts, Journalism, English or other Humanities majors preferred.
Skills Preferred:
The intern candidate must have superior organizational abilities, keen attentiveness to detail,
excellent written and oral communication skills, and should be able to work effectively with a
team of people in a fast-paced environment. Experience using a variety of Web sites and familiarity
with current trends in online multimedia presentation are essential, but technical production
experience is not necessary.
Duties:
Reporting to the Interactive Producer for Antiques Roadshow, the intern will assist in a range of
editorial and production tasks relating to the Antiques Roadshow series and Web site, including:
photo and editorial research, fact-checking, copy-editing, quality assurance, video screening and
logging. Subject to the fall post-production schedule, the intern will also be invited to participate
in Roadshow's staff screenings and critiques of Season 12 episode rough-cuts. Additional
administrative and other duties as assigned
Contact:
Applicants for the position should send a resume and a statement of reasons
why the internship is of interest to Alyssa Mullen, Human Resources Business Partner
and Internship Coordinator at human_resources@wgbh.org
or mail to:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Human Resources Department
One Guest Street
Boston, MA 02135
Please note that this job description is meant to be a generic description and represents the
minimum job duties an individual will be required to perform. Individual departments will/can
customize job descriptions and hours of work to meet their specific needs.
WGBH is an equal opportunity employer
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