CNN International Internships: ATL - Fall 2025
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CNN International Internships: ATL - Fall 2025
- Application Deadline: Sunday, August 24th*
- *Pro Tip: Submit your application as soon as possible – applications could close earlier due to applicant volume!*
Your New Role
We have multiple CNN International 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 ATL 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 International Newsroom Intern
- CNN International Planning Intern
- CNN International Productions Intern
Your Role Accountabilities
Duties could include:
- Work with a team that produces, writes, and creates original pieces for broadcast and online audiences
- Work with the International Content Unit to write scripts for air, including packages
- Attend editorial meetings and liaise with CNN International show teams
- Work closely with our Associate Producers to assist with cutting videos and soundbites
- Contact prospective guests for live shows
- Handle logistics for guest bookings
- Learn template-based graphic skills
- Conduct research and pre-interviews for use in show segments
- Make clips of interviews after they air
- Learn about the technology and systems used in news and features production for digital, television, and social content
- Research, pitch, plan, and put together stories, segments, and programs on topics like travel, business, African culture, conservation, innovation, etc.
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)
- Must have a keen interest in current events and international affairs and invested in international news
- Must have strong communication and writing skills
- Please include link(s) to your portfolio, writing samples and/or demo reel that showcase your writing skills and/or video editing skills.
- Cover letter required. Please submit your cover letter along with your resume as one PDF.
- Must show initiative and ask questions
- Knowledge of video editing software
- Keen interest in telling engaging stories to a global audience
- Strong understanding of international cultures and trends
- Awareness of basic editing, shooting and production skills
- A great attitude and willingness to learn
- Journalism major or journalism experience
- Additional language skills is a plus
- 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 Undergrad Student (18 years or older)
- Must be in academic good standing (3.0 or above 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 program is 10 weeks
- Program dates:
- Start Date: October 6th
- End Date: December 12th
Interns will be expected to work 16-24 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 August through mid-September. 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.