Explorer Post 50
Broadcasting Media Production
Why pick this one
Explorer Post 50 trains students ages 14–20 to produce live Durham Bulls broadcasts in camera, directing, replay, graphics, and audio roles.
Best for
- Students ages 14–20 exploring sports broadcasting
- Hands-on live television production experience
- Students seeking camera, directing, producing, replay, graphics, audio, or technical direction experience
- Applicants seeking an unpaid internship with community service or volunteer hours
- Students able to commit to at least 15 Durham Bulls home games from March through September
Look elsewhere if
- Applicants outside the 14–20 age range
- Applicants who have not completed 8th grade
- People seeking a paid internship
- Participants unable to commit to at least 15 home games
- People seeking general media production unrelated to live sports broadcasting
Specialties
- live Minor League Baseball broadcast production
- sports broadcast camera operation
- broadcast directing and producing
- instant replay
- broadcast graphics, audio, technical direction, and video/CCU
Certifications
- Exploring program of the Occoneechee Council, Scouting America
- Program Certificate of Completion
What makes them different
- Students produce live broadcasts for every home game of the Durham Bulls
- The program states it is the only program in the country producing live Minor League Baseball broadcasts by high school and college students
- Broadcasts appear on WRAL platforms and MiLB.com, with highlights created for WRAL and FOX 50 newscasts
- Participants train in real broadcast roles inside Durham Bulls Athletic Park
- The internship is free, with fees and insurance covered by the Durham Bulls Baseball Club
- Serves
- Durham
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 409 Blackwell St, Durham, NC 27701-3972
- Phone
- +19199468899
- Website
- https://www.milb.com/durham/ballpark/explorer-post
- DurhamBullsTV@gmail.com
Services
- live television production training
- Durham Bulls game broadcast production
- sports highlight creation for WRAL and FOX 50 newscasts
- broadcast career exploration