When the 2016 Summer Olympic Games kick off Friday in Rio de Janeiro, 23 students from the will be part of the team that brings coverage of the event to the world community. They are among 258 student interns from 100 different colleges and universities who will work alongside national and international communications professionals covering one of the world鈥檚 biggest sporting events.
The students will work as paid interns for NBC, and will be involved in many different aspects of the network鈥檚 Olympics operation. They will serve as production associates, shot selectors, loggers, ad inserters, runners and hospitality guides, among other roles.
Students (from left) Christopher Henderson, Madeline Oleszkiewicz and Julie McCullough with Vinicius, the mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics, at the Rio de Janeiro International Airport
student Julie McCullough arrived in Rio July 24, and is already working with NBC staff there. 鈥淢y bosses are some of the most accomplished people in the sports broadcasting world, and it’s a privilege to come in to work every day and watch them do what they do,鈥� she says. She is most looking forward to watching the opening ceremonies on Friday.
, professor of and at the Newhouse School, has been working with NBC to place interns at the Olympics since the games in Athens in 2004. 鈥淚’m continuously impressed with how NBC involves these interns,鈥� she says. 鈥淭hey are a respected part of the NBC’s Olympic team, even as technology and delivery systems evolve. [NBC is] eager for students to experience the complexity of live sports coverage鈥攂efore and during the 17-day global event.
鈥淪tudents work alongside NBC staff and hundreds of freelancers in this internship that can’t be duplicated. Watching the Olympics for all of us is fascinating鈥攐ften addictive鈥攂ut being able to cover them for NBC?聽 Stupendous.鈥�
Hollenback says she always receives positive feedback from NBC about Newhouse student interns鈥� knowledge, work ethic and professionalism. 鈥淭hey do us proud,鈥� she says.
Four students will be located in Rio de Janeiro, and 18 students will work at the NBC Sports facility in Stamford, Connecticut.
Michael Carter, a graduate student in broadcast and digital journalism, will work as a production assistant in Stamford. 鈥淚 am most looking forward to interacting with on-air personnel and gaining an increased knowledge of how network television works during live event coverage,鈥� he says. Carter says he also hopes to 鈥渓eave a positive impression鈥� on the professionals he works with. 鈥淎s we鈥檙e often reminded at Newhouse: this is a small business, so professional connections are key to success.鈥�
Carter previously interned as an NBC Page in New York, where he worked in the office of former NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol. He later held a marketing job for iHeartRadio, but decided to transition into broadcasting, returning to his home state of New Hampshire to take an on-air producing job. At Newhouse, he has covered the presidential race as part of the “Political Reporting” course and worked on Newhouse鈥檚 new morning show, 鈥淢ornings on the Hill.鈥� 鈥淚 feel like this opportunity to work for NBC Sports during the Olympics will give me more perspective on what working in on-air sports broadcasting is like so that I can compare and contrast it to my time in news,鈥� he says.
In addition to McCullough and聽Carter, the students who will be based in Stamford are: majors Halie Aaron and Kyle Desiderio; majors Lauren Anderson, Jared Barton, Alexander Busch, Colleen Callander, Elissa Candiotti, Kathryn Capodanno, Chris DiMaria, Meghan Mistry, Claire Moran, Connor Morrissette, Brittany Muller and Jamie Weiss; major Gigi Antonelle; major Margaret Bridge; major Bryan Cereijo; and major Jamie Wynn.
Going to Rio are: Haley Champion and majors Brooke Glatz and Madeline Oleszkiewicz.
In addition, three other 黑料不打烊 students鈥� Christopher Henderson and Jeffrey Maizes from the and from the 鈥攚ill also work as NBC interns during the Olympics.
