Description
Sports Intern
Summary:
Help our team lead the charge on coverage of North Texas sports in a market hungry for it. From breaking news to viral trends, you'll set the agenda and shape how our audience consumes sports journalism.
Job description:
- Reporting assignments will be a mix of daily and enterprise coverage, but there will be opportunities to cover college and professional sports, as well as GA.
- Weekend work is required.
- All interns are expected to actively use social media in the newsgathering process and will be asked to take smartphone photos or videos.
- This is a fast-paced, quick-turn job focused on breaking news, what’s trending and expanding the conversations readers are having online.
- Ideal candidates will be well-versed in using social media to generate pitches and report stories.
What will you do?
- Write quickly and accurately on a variety of local news topics related to North Texas sports
- Use social media as a tool to develop story ideas and respond to what our audience is talking about
- Build stories with links, tags, SEO best practices, attractive web headlines and multimedia when appropriate
- Work with editors to develop coverage that resonates with our digital audience
- Assist with video and audio journalism, as needed
What will it take to be successful?
- Good news judgment, accuracy, speed, grammatical precision, a flair for headlines, energy, curiosity and an ability to provide the best local sports coverage with impact, excitement and an eye toward digital success
- Proficiency in digital content management tools
- Using social media for newsgathering and audience development
- Demonstrated ability to work remotely via smartphone or laptop computer
- Understanding of platforms and audiences and ability to compose stories appropriate to the platform of publication (e.g., voice, style, formatting, hyperlinks)
- Deep knowledge of SEO techniques and other digital best practices
- Using accepted newsroom tools for planning, authoring, communicating, etc.
- Collaborating effectively with team members and across newsroom teams
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, producing stories quickly and accurately
- Knowledge of digital news analytics
- Valid driver's license and registered vehicle to travel to assignments
About The Dallas Morning News:
- Since 1885, The Dallas Morning News ( www.dallasnews.com ) has been North Texas’ trusted source for credible, independent journalism — reporting with accuracy, fairness, and integrity.
- Each week, we reach more than 4 million people across print, digital, and social platforms, covering the stories that shape life in Dallas and across the state.
- From politics and public policy to business, culture, and sports, our mission is to inform, engage, and reflect the diverse communities we serve.
About Hearst Newspapers:
- With 2,500 employees across the nation, HNP represents a network of 24 daily and 52 weekly publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, San Antonio Express-News and Albany Times Union, several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites, marketing services businesses, and entertainment businesses such as King Features Syndicate.
- At HNP, we are investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories — growing newsrooms, diversifying tools, evolving platforms — to support the millions of people who trust us each month to help them make decisions, take action and be inspired.
- Be a part of something bigger – Your Headline Awaits.