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WUGA is hiring for a FWS Junior Reporter.

Build your journalistic portfolio and transform in-depth local reporting into broadcast-ready news packages, podcasts and digital content for WUGA FM.

WUGA is seeking self-motivated, dynamic, and curious individuals with strong writing skills to become an integral member of our News Department. We aim to find people passionate about sharing local news stories, including rarely-heard stories.

Applicants must be Federal Work Study eligible.

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WUGA FM offers internships to University of Georgia students in a variety areas of radio station operations. Interested candidates should apply through https://app.joinhandshake.com

News/Athens News Matters

Interns in the newsroom have an opportunity to contribute content, written or voiced, to WUGA FM's news products, including daily newscasts and our weekly public affairs program, Athens News Matters.

Many of our interns have gone on to successful careers in broadcasting at NPR and its affiliate stations. Working with our news producers and reporters, interns work on scripts for news stories, conduct research, work with anchors to prepare them for interviews, edit audio, and with exceptionally qualified candidates, report, produce, and voice their own work.

The ideal candidate for this internship should have strong writing skills, a familiarity with how to write journalistically, and have a proven ability to meet deadlines.

Operations/Production

Develop a detailed understanding of the operational functions at an NPR-affiliated radio station. Provide hands-on support in preparing program materials, conducting program historical research, observing station staff in preparing automation systems for error-free, professional-sounding broadcasts. Acquire detailed understanding of the broadcast process. This is an on-site internship.

WUGA Staff