Ozarks First in Springfield, MO offers in-person spring and fall opportunities for students to apply classroom theory to practical experience. Our internship program allows students to learn how we create content for broadcast, digital, and streaming platforms.
Our internships offer meaningful educational and work experience designed to meet the academic and career goals of the applicants. Our management and talented team will teach and encourage, but it’s up to the student to take initiative and bring their enthusiasm to learn.
In our program, you will be a participant, learning how we gather, produce, and deliver content to our audiences. You will work and learn from knowledgeable, friendly, generous teammates. Your internship experience here could significantly strengthen you as a candidate for full-time positions upon graduation. And if you are passionate about this field, you will have fun!
Internship Details:
- Each internship is for 20-30 hours per week for up to 12 weeks.
- You will get the opportunity to learn reporting, anchoring, producing (digital and broadcast), production/engineering, marketing, and sales. This is to help you understand how we operate and find out what you like best.
- Will be well supervised and participate in a meaningful learning experience.
- Upon completion of the internship, the student will be evaluated through a written review by the internship supervisor
Requirements & Skills:
- Must be a senior in their last year of concentrated study
- Be of an advanced skill level due to the complexity of projects
- A collaborative worker with a willingness to learn
- The intern is responsible for their transportation.
Skills Required
- Must be a senior in the last year of concentrated study
- Advanced skill level due to project complexity
- Available to work two eight-hour shifts per week
- Collaborative worker with willingness to learn
- Studying broadcast journalism, video production, communications, or another related degree
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nexstar Media Group, Inc. and has not been reviewed or approved by Nexstar Media Group, Inc..
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is presented as comprehensive, covering medical, dental, vision, behavioral health, and an Employee Assistance Program. Disability and life insurance are also available, with optional protections like accident and critical illness coverage noted.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is offered and was expanded to provide up to six weeks of paid time for eligible employees. Family-support resources are complemented by mental‑health and EAP services.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, sick leave, and standard holidays are provided, with vacation that typically scales with tenure. These programs form part of a conventional large‑employer benefits menu.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Insights
What We Do
Nexstar Media Group is the largest TV station operator in the country. With the reach of 171 full power television stations in 100 markets addressing nearly 38.9% of US television households, and a diversified, growing digital media operation, Nexstar Media Group offers superior audience engagement across all media devices and local broadcast television’s unrivalled influence on consumers’ purchasing and political decisions. In 20 years, Nexstar has grown from a single station to the nation’s largest television company. This growth is fueled by an organization-wide commitment to delivering exceptional service to our communities and outstanding results for our advertisers. From the very beginning, Nexstar has cultivated an organization-wide commitment to providing superior, unique local content that is relevant to each of the communities it serves, while offering local businesses, advertisers and brands the ability to engage and connect with local communities.
