FDS 500 - Internship

Credits: 1-4
Internships sponsored by the Communication, Film, and Theatre department require the joint approval of a faculty liaison person and the host agency. Information on internship positions is also available from Career Education. 

Internships with Public and Commercial Television/Radio Stations
Liaison: Professor Keeley
Students may choose to work in one or more of the following areas of public and commercial television: production; publicity and public relations; fundraising and development in public television accounting and business management; continuity writing; and broadcast writing. Past interns have worked with WQLN, Erie; WSEE-TV, Erie; WJET-TV, Erie; WICU-TV, Erie; KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh; WPXI, Pittsburgh; WQED, Pittsburgh; WEWS, Cleveland; and NBC headquarters, New York. 

Internship in Cable Television System
Liaison: Professor Keeley
A practicum in the areas of cable television program production, management, community relations, and special problems in the cable system operation, subject to the approval of the host agency.
  May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

Distribution Requirements: None.