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KSAT12 News seeks a digital journalist

KSAT12 NEWS, San Antonio, is looking for a Digital Journalist to join our award-winning, market leading KSAT.com digital team. We are looking for someone who eats, drinks, and breathes digital news and information, and wants to join our team in a fast-paced, innovative, and supportive environment.

The position’s shift will be a mix of weekends and weekday evenings.

Responsibilities:

  • Maintain editorial direction set by the News Director, Assistant News Director, Digital EP, and other newsroom managers.
  • Create and publish dynamic content to KSAT.com in a fast-paced digital-always environment.
  • Emphasize the importance of breaking news in writing and editing.
  • Ability to work independently and under tight deadlines.
  • Write with speed, accuracy, and creativity, using sound news judgment while paying close attention to spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
  • Use online metric tools to help determine the value of trending stories and make decisions on content distribution based on analytics and key performance indicators.
  • Search and populate stories from wire services and partners that have news value and are interesting to our online audience.
  • Ability to create and post articles, images, videos, livestreams, slideshows, and other media.
  • Effectively handle multiple tasks and frequent interruptions.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with news managers, producers, reporters, editors, photographers, and social media staff.
  • Ability to oversee and assign duties to other web-enabled staff on duty.
  • Stay on top of current events, including local, state, national and world events.
  • Understand and use internet research tools and social media resources to create content for our online platform, social media channels, and broadcast channel.
  • Work flexible hours that may include nights, overnight hours, mornings, weekends, or holidays.

Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 1-3 years of experience in a commercial newsroom preferred.
  • Working knowledge and familiarity with AP Style-writing.
  • Experience with web content management systems and newsroom computer systems.
  • Experience with Photoshop and video editing software.
  • College degree preferred.
  • Ability to read, write and speak English.
  • Demonstrated ability to write, produce copy and oversee editing for online platforms.
  • Ability to remain calm under pressure while working in a fast-paced environment with daily deadlines and shifting priorities.

To apply, send resume, online writing and web producing samples and links to:

Kolten Parker, Digital Executive Producer KSAT12 News koparker@ksat.com

1408 N. St. Mary’s Street, San Antonio, Texas 78215

For more information click here.

Mariam Ahmed

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