GRAY MEDIA FUTURE FOCUS INTERN FALL '25 - WALA (SPORTS NEWS)

About Gray Media:

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

About Wala:

WALA FOX10 News is the most-watched local media organization in the Mobile/Pensacola market, producing the most hours of live news, weather, and original programming in English and Spanish for the Gulf Coast. The main studio is in Mobile, Alabama (the founding home of Mardi Gras), with a bureau in Orange Beach. Living along the Alabama/Florida Gulf Coast is an amazing lifestyle experience. You are reminded of classic southern charm, complete with street-lined oak canopies that boast historic, walkable neighborhoods and downtown entertainment districts, plus strong economic developments in tremendous shipbuilding and aviation growth industries. You’ll also find one of the fastest-growing counties in the country, featuring its white sandy beaches, beautiful Gulf water, tourism industry, food, and entertainment, creating one of the most diverse television markets in the country.

The Internship Program:

As a paid intern, you won’t sit and watch someone else doing their job.  Gray’s intern program is an immersive experience where you serve as a valued team member to our award-winning teams.

With 113 television stations across the U.S., Gray Media offers an unprecedented opportunity for students to learn an area of broadcast expertise from seasoned professionals in the business.  Whether your interest involves news, production, sales, marketing, or engineering, our stations become a hands-on learning environment for Gray Media interns.  If we have an employee doing it, there can be a Gray intern learning and earning.

Not only will you walk away with an expanded resume and portfolio, but Gray’s paid internship opens doors to begin your full-time career with Gray Media.  Many of our current employees started as interns.  Our paid internship program puts you at the front of the line for full-time job openings, armed with the training you received from your internship.

We’re committed to a broad applicant recruiting outreach program in our continuing efforts to represent our diverse community. 

Interested in learning more?  Check out the program description and apply today!  

Intern rate of pay can range from minimum wage in your state to $15 an hour

Qualifications/Requirements:

• ▪️ Be currently enrolled in a college/university (preferred Junior/Senior)
• ▪️ Strong work ethic and organizational skills
• ▪️ Earning a degree in Journalism/Communications, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Sports, or related fields, with a desire to get hands-on experience in the local media industry

If you are interested in interning in these areas, the station may have openings in these departments for you:

• Sports News
• We look forward to hearing from you!
• ▪️ Interested in the program?  Go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, type "Intern WALA" (in search bar)
• WALA-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Additional Info:

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.