Weekly News Show Intern at Austin PBS – Austin, Texas

Join the Neighborhood!

Austin PBS, KLRU-TV is looking for a talented News Intern to join our organization. If you are excellent at visualizing, communicating and collaborating in a fast-paced environment, please submit your resume today!

About Austin PBS, KLRU-TV

Austin PBS is your community-supported, locally owned PBS station in Central Texas. With thousands of hours of on-air programming plus wide-ranging content available over multiple platforms in addition to hundreds of community events held each year, Austin PBS is one of the only nonprofits in Central Texas with the potential to touch nearly every household every day.

Job Overview

The news team at Austin PBS is looking for an eager, creative, self-motivated intern to join our team. As an intern for the news department, you’ll help support the weekly news program, ongoing community-based journalism project, Decibel and Austin InSight. Interns get real hands-on experience and are an integral part of our team. You’ll assist with studio and field productions, researching topical issues, social media content creation – all with the opportunity to work alongside a group of talented journalists and storytellers. You will be trained & mentored on the following job duties.

Role & Responsibilities

• Assist with studio production and field productions
• Pitch story ideas
• Create new social media friendly content from existing packages
• Pitch and coordinate studio and remote interviews
• Staff remote shoots
• Perform other duties as needed

Important Information:

• Applications open: March 16th, 2026
• Deadline to Apply: April 3rd, 2026
• Internship Duration: June 2nd - August 8th, 2026
• Pay Rate: $20/hr

Minimum Qualifications

• Undergraduate student, must be actively enrolled in an accredited college or university degree program for the full duration of the internship
• Strongly prefer candidates majoring in journalism
• Student must be available to commit to a minimum of 9 weeks for this internship
• Internship will be hybrid
• 15-20 hour a week commitment
• Pay rate is $20/ hour

Equal Opportunity Employer

Austin PBS believes that diversity is important to our success. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin or ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, religion, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic or basis protected by law.