Issue date: 7/15/08 Section: News

Brandi Matthews edits a tennis camp video as part of her intership at WEIU. Matthews came from New Orleans to work for the station this summer. "I saw a poster on a board, but it was an old poster so I gave them a call and they said the position was still available," said Matthews. (Erin Matheny/The Daily Eastern News)

The summer staff of WEIU has a few faces that have never been on campus before.

Each summer, WEIU invites students from other colleges to help with the summer broadcasts. This summer, there are 12 students working with WEIU, six from Eastern schools and six from other schools.

The WEIU summer news internship was started six years ago and is 12 weeks in length to accommodate Eastern's schedule and the schedule of other universities throughout the country. The students start during the second week in May and stay through the first week of August.

The interns have broadcast concentrations at their schools and come to Eastern just for the summer internship. The students are trained for two weeks and then start providing the news.

Potential students must first fill out a paper application and turn in a resume. After finalists have been chosen, the students must then submit resume videos. From those videos, the final students are chosen and notified.

An average of 12-15 students are chosen each year; however, the number can vary. The students' housing and utilities are paid for and they are also paid a salary of $50 per week.

"There is a reasonable money commitment on our side," Denis Roche said. "But there is also a financial commitment on their side." General manager of the television and radio stations

During the first week, the students learn the content side of news and the various production aspects along with the equipment it takes to put together a newscast, said News Director Kelly Runyon.

The preliminary week is when the interns learn how to shoot and edit video, run studio cameras, operate the audio board, and direct and edit tapes.

The second week is when they apply what they have learned and produce news for practice shows. The third week is when they launch the first half hour show.

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