CNN Podcasts Editorial Intern: NYC – Fall 2025

Job Position(s): CNN Podcasts Editorial Intern: NYC - Fall 2025

 

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From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

CNN Podcasts Editorial Intern: NYC – 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

This internship will be located in the NYC area. The selected intern will be expected to join us in the office on a regular cadence based on the intern manager’s in office schedule.

CNN Podcasts draws from a wealth of internal resources to create content unique to CNN, in service of spotlighting our journalists and their reporting. The team is part of a company-wide effort to attract new audiences and invest in diverse storytelling. CNN Podcasts intern have the chance to work on breaking news, narrative projects, and everything in between.

Your Role Accountabilities

• Learn to write for audio, from breaking news stories to longer conversations.
• Sit in on interviews conducted by some of the best in the business and learn about the production process.
• Gain experience with our editing software.
• Make personal and professional connections that will be beneficial in your post-collegiate career.
• Past interns have edited episodes of 5 Things and written a companion piece for Chasing Life that was trending on CNN’s home page.

Qualifications & Experience

• Some previous editorial experience, with either audio experience or a demonstrated interest in audio.
• Bonus points if familiar with Descript, but experience using Pro Tools or Audition is sufficient.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and self sufficiency.
• Passion for news, politics, history, and popular culture, with ideas for podcast episodes.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills; a true team player.
• 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, Senior or Graduate 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.

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.

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.

 

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 compensation for roles in locations where legally required. 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 a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. 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.

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