About the Job

Reporter (Part-Time)

The Reporter is a seasoned journalist who works in a newsroom that emphasizes breaking news, daily investigative reporting, and severe weather coverage. 
The Reporter has ideas, digs for extra information, writes well, loves “live” and expects to win.
The Reporter should also be hungry to use new technology to present stories and should be adept at using social media to gather and break stories.
The reporter will also engage with viewers on social media daily and create digital content daily. 

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Work independently to research and uncover stories as an investigative reporter, deciding when and where to report to work based on a shoot location or other scheduling requirements. 
Analyze and interpret information to improve the audience’s understanding. 
Report on multiple stories in a given day, often in multiple newscasts, frequently working solo. 
Cultivate and maintain news sources throughout the community. 
Contact, interview, and confirm news sources for television reports. 
Use of enterprise skills to identify hard news stories for delivery on television and the ability to consistently translate those news stories to social media. 
Contribute ideas for enterprise stories and new angles on continuing stories. 
Proven success in delivering breaking news stories to viewers and engaging audiences through the use of all facets of social media. 
Adept at the use of social media to gather and break stories. 
Experienced ability to drive the brand on-air, online, and on social media. 
Field produce content and report stories for television. 
Maintain a professional, working relationship with all News team members. 
Alert the News Director to any news coverage that may cause problems legally, corporately, or in the community. 
Complete specific projects as requested by the News Director or Managing Editor. 
Be consistently up-to-date on current news stories, on a local, national, and international level. 
Be conversant with newsroom computer systems (old and new) and continually contribute information to its database. 
Be conversant with journalistic law and ethics and general FCC policies concerning broadcast. 
Daily local, some regional, and additional travel is required as part of the job. 
Engage with viewers several times a day on social media; including but not limited to sharing stories, replying to viewers, and writing posts. 
Produce stories on a daily basis. 

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