Overview In this role you produce, report, shoot, edit, and present news content across platforms. You work closely with editors to shape stories for broadcast and digital audiences, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and engagement. You will conduct interviews, gather background information, and adapt material to match editorial standards and time constraints. This position combines field reporting with on-air delivery to inform and engage the local community, offering a meaningful platform for impactful storytelling.
Responsibilities- Produce, report, shoot, write, voice, edit and feed news content for all platforms
- Report stories for broadcast and describe background and details of events
- Arrange interviews with informative sources
- Review and correct copy for grammar, style, and formatting
- Evaluate notes to isolate pertinent facts and details
- Determine emphasis, length, and format of stories; organize material accordingly
- Research background information to provide complete and accurate reporting
- Gather information from events through research, interviews, or attendance
- Pitch stories to managers and producers relevant to the local community
- Receive assignments, evaluate leads, and develop story ideas
- Discuss issues with producers/managers to set priorities
- Check reference materials for relevant facts
- Revise work to meet editorial approval or time requirements
- Shoot and edit news events and reports
- Produce and present reports for all platforms
- Ensure content meets journalistic integrity and production quality standards
- Write stories for web and eMedia platforms
- Interact with viewers/users on social media
- Perform special projects and other duties as assigned
Key requirements- Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience
- Fluency in English
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written with the ability to ad lib when required
- Minimum two years' experience in news reporting (Depending on market size)
- Superior on-air presence
- Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Valid driver's license with a good driving record
- Flexibility to work any shift
- strong communication skills
- ability to ad lib
- deadline-driven
- shooting and editing video
- broadcast writing
- web and eMedia content creation
