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Student Internships

The WKAR Experiential Learning Program offers MSU students a range of paid internship opportunities.
WKAR student interns in the 1920s (left) and WKAR students interns in 2018 (right)

The WKAR Experiential Learning Program offers a range of paid internship opportunities for Michigan State University students interested in media production, news reporting, marketing and promotion, community engagement, broadcast engineering, and more.

MSU student interns experience hands-on training, live production, and the dynamic environment WKAR offers for nurturing tomorrow's storytellers in an ever-changing media landscape. WKAR alums have gone on to work with some of the top media outlets in the country, such as the NFL, ESPN, NPR, and in Hollywood.

For current postings for available positions, visit Handshake for Students and find/follow MSU WKAR Public Media.

Applications submitted by January 1, 2025 will be considered for internship opportunities available for the spring 2025 semester.

Internships may be offered in these areas:

  • Content | Production: Students will gain experience working in multiple areas in multicamera live productions and streams, as well as in post-production single camera projects. Learn skills such as camera operations, directing, editing, producing, motion graphics and animation, broadcast technical requirements, and more.
  • Communications | Digital Engagement: Grow your digital strategy skills by creating and launching multi-channel campaigns across social media, web, and email platforms in promotion of WKAR programming and engagement. Skills include social strategy, content creation, web management, analytics, email, and more.
  • Communications | Events & Engagement: Gain practical experience assisting in the execution of WKAR events and activities, from open-house celebrations to film screenings, update engagement records, maintain inventory, foster engagement in the community, and more.
  • Communications | General: Gain first-hand experience drafting and posting online content, working with a variety of online content management systems, doing photography, graphic designing, learning about social media best practices, and more.
  • Journalism / Radio News: Develop skills by working in a professional newsroom. You will pitch stories, conduct interviews, and write and produce audio and web content. You will leave this experience with a portfolio of news stories that have aired throughout the Lansing area, and in some cases, statewide.  
  • Technical Operations and Broadcast Engineering: Grow broadcast engineering and operation skills experience by monitoring and managing Public Media On-Air services across various platforms (Livestreams AM Radio, FM Radio, Television, and NextGen TV).
  • Radio Operations: Gain hands-on experience in radio broadcasting, including audio narration, anchoring newscasts, producing promos and uploading programs, assisting in automation revolving around WKAR Radio Reading Services, AM/FM stations, and online streams.

WKAR Public Media is Michigan’s capital region source for award-winning original television, radio and digital content; and the best from PBS and NPR. WKAR is part of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University.

Updated 12/20/24

Steven Karl Meuché
The WKAR Experiential Learning Program is funded in part by the Meuché Endowment in honor and memory of Steven Karl Meuché.
Steve started at WKAR as a student and continued working for the station for 42 years before ending his tenure as Director of Broadcasting Services. If you want to join the Meuché family in supporting opportunities for students at WKAR, please consider making a gift.
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