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Documentary Production Internships: NYC - Summer 2025
Application Deadline: Friday, February 28th
Pro Tip: Submit your application as soon as possible - applications could close earlier due to applicant volume!*
Your New Role
Overview of the Internships
We have multiple Documentary Production internship opportunities available. By applying to this posting, you will be considered for all internship opportunities within this area. These internships will be located in the NYC area. The selected interns will be expected to join us in the office on a regular cadence based on the intern manager's in office schedule.
This could include, but is not limited to:
- CNN Documentaries/The Whole Story Intern: NYC - Summer 2025
- HBO Documentary Programming Intern: NYC - Summer 2025
Your Role Accountabilities
CNN Doc:
- Gathering video
- Preparing, and organizing interviews for transcription
- Organizing visual elements
- Basic story research and fact-checking
HBO Doc:
- Seeking a dynamic, motivated, and detail-oriented intern to join our documentary programming team. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience doing research, writing coverage, and drafting decks & loglines, including a special semester-long development initiative.
• Screening and writing coverage for documentary films
• Experience pitch meetings first-hand
• Support the department in administration upkeep by maintaining the organization of departmental tracking systems
• Research and various projects including a semester-long development project
• Assist the Production Executives with their creative needs
• Learn how to build pitch decks, write loglines and show descriptions
• Organize and track internal and external ideas in all phases of development
• Present a series ideas for their intern project
• Gain hands-on experience to learn what it's truly like to work in production & programming
• Strong interest in documentaries
• Spreadsheet and analytical skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Willing to work with a team and independently
• Familiarity with Google Suite, Microsoft
• Familiarity with MS Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure, multitask and prioritize deliverables/projects with competing deadlines
Qualifications & Experience
Essentials needed for the positions that are similar across the above roles (these do not all have to apply to every single role)
- Previous experience in long-form journalism
- Be able to function well in fast-paced, high-volume environment
- Strong interest in documentaries
- Spreadsheet and analytical skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Willing to work with a team and independently
- Familiarity with Google Suite, Microsoft
- Familiarity with MS Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure, multitask, and prioritize deliverables/projects with competing deadlines
- Must be actively enrolled in an accredited college or university degree program for the full duration of the internship (proof of enrollment required)
- Must be a rising, Junior or Senior Undergraduate Student (18 years or older)
- Must be in academic good standing (3.0 or above cumulative GPA) A transcript will be required to verify your GPA if an offer is extended.
- Warner Bros. Discovery will only consider candidates who are presently authorized to work for any employer in the United States and who will not require work visa sponsorship from Warner Bros. Discovery now or in the future in order to retain their authorization to work in the United States. Candidates currently on any student or exchange visa, including F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, J-1, M-1, etc., will not be eligible for the internship program.
What to know before applying:
- The duration of the summer program regardless of which start/end option is 11 weeks.
- Program date options:
- Option 1: June 2nd - August 15th
- Option 2: June 9th - August 22nd
- Interns will be expected to work 35-40 hours per week in a hybrid capacity.
- Our internships are paid opportunities with a competitive hourly wage. Credit is not required; however, we will provide the necessary documentation for school credit if desired. Relocation is not provided.
- Interviewing will take place from February through mid-April. A WBD team member will contact you if your experiences and interests match an open internship position. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to give individual status updates.
About Our Internship Program
WBD's Internship Program is designed to nurture students professionally and personally. We attract the country's boldest and brightest students for paid, for-credit, real-world internship experiences in the entertainment, tech, sports, news and media industries. We offer career-defining opportunities to learn valuable skills that will help you prepare for a successful future.
Ready to learn more? Here's what we offer:
- Hands-on work with passionate, talented team members in your field
- Mentorship from some of the industry's kindest and most passionate entertainment veterans
- Engaging events including professional development seminars, panels with recruiters and former interns, intern-exclusive events, and so much more
- Access to top-level executives and employees through our Speaker Series and Roundtables
- Incredible networking opportunities with industry-leading professionals and a robust intern alumni network
- A creative, collaborative, and inclusive company culture
What you can expect to take away from the semester:
- Opportunities to develop professionally and uncover skills you didn't know you had
- The insider scoop on the entertainment industry and what happens behind the scenes
- Relationships that will go beyond your collegiate career
- Real-life experiences that will provide you with the confidence to delve into your next adventure
In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The rate listed is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery's total compensation package for employees. Pay Rate: $19 per hour USD for undergrad interns, $25 per hour USD for graduate level interns.
How We Get Things Done...
This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.
Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.