CNBC News Desk Intern
CNBC News Desk Intern
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Job Description
Programme Essentials
To join one of our 12month Internships you must meet one of the following criteria:
- Currently be an undergraduate studying at University and applying for a Placement year in your 2nd or final year
- Graduating from your undergraduate degree in Summer 2025
- Looking for employment after completing ALevels or equivalent course or an Apprenticeship
In addition you must be eligible to work in the UK without restriction for the duration of the internship from Monday 30th June 2025 Friday 17th July 2026
You must be flexible and willing to work a variety of shift patterns starting between 3am9am
We strongly advise that you do not apply to more than 1 Internship role to ensure that you are considered for the Internship that you are most interested in and that your skills are aligned to
What will I be doing
As a News Desk intern you will be supporting the CNBC London News desk team in the planning and guestbooking for programmes Squawk Box and Street Signs. You will work closely with Producers and News Editors in researching stories guests and preparing segment notes for our onair anchors. You will also work closely with the Executive Assignments Editor to prepare and maintain our newsroom calendar of events and diary items.
What will I learn from this opportunity
Keen news judgement
You will develop a strong grasp of what makes a good story for our audience of global business leaders and investors and the right types of guests that help tell the story to our viewers
Editorial Planning
You will gain an understanding of how a newsroom functions daytoday and how to plan for the news agenda
Multiplatform exposure
You will liaise with teams across the newsroom from CNBC.com Social and Digital Video and the production team to ensure coordination across our platforms
Qualifications :
What do I need to bring to the role
- Attention to detail and the ability to work well under pressure and short deadlines
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to prioritise tasks meet deadlines and effectively prioritise and manage workload independently
- Collaborative teamwork being able to adapt and bring a willingness to learn will be valued
- A strong passion for broadcasting and media and a keen interest and desire to learn about financial markets and business news
The responsibilities associated with this position are not limited to the above description and may be modified at any time by the Company.
Additional Information :
As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an inperson interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to .
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
