Documentary Internships: NYC -Fall 2026

Your New Role

Your Role Accountabilities
Duties could include: Gathering video
Preparing, and organizing interviews for transcription
Organizing visual elements
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

Qualifications & Experience

• 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 rising 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.

About Our Internship Program

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.

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

How We Get Things Done

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.

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.