The City of Morgantown is seeking interns to perform public communications duties.
Duties & Responsibilities
As Public Communications Interns for the City of Morgantown, students will learn about the role of a municipal public communications manager. This multifaceted job covers many concentrations, including:
- Maintaining MorgantownWV.gov, disseminating town news and promoting events
- Updating Program Information for Departments, Boards, Commissions, agencies, Election, City Council
- Administering Comcast Channel 15, Morgantown’s Government Access Channel
- Recording and airing live meetings and scheduling playback according to a programming schedule
- Creating weekly information videos on civic matters and programs, called the Morgantown Minute
- Promoting proclamations and recognition at council meetings with News Now
- Managing slides that give information and updates on local meetings, city programs, BOPARC events, and more
- Updating Social media for the city, including Facebook and Twitter
- Maintaining iTunes – where we post audio podcasts of each city meeting
- Maintaining YouTube – where we share Morgantown Minutes, News Now, and PSAs
- Maintaining Vertical Response – monthly eNewsletters
- Performing Media Relations tasks as needed
- Writing press releases and sharing with local media outlets
- Helping to find contacts for stories
- Introducing new reporters and journalism students to civic leaders
- Potential Weekly Goals:
Week 1: Introduction, Meet civic leaders, learn relationship to each city department, relationship with other agencies (Museums, BOPARC, Theatres, etc.), and relationship to Neighborhood Associations and Wards
Week 2: Media relations
Week 3: The City Online
Week 4: Channel 15
Week 5 6: Student(s) will select an area of concentration and carry through the responsibilities of that area for the last two weeks.
This might include writing press releases and working with media, producing a Morgantown Minute and managing Channel 15, managing the eNewsletter, administrate social media, etc.Interested students should send a resume and writing sample to Susan Sullivan at: ssullivan@cityofmorgantown.org.