Seattle TV station seeks business/tech reporter

KING 5 TV is looking for an experienced, dynamic, and energetic reporter with a focus on business and technology reporting.  If you like to tell great stories, thrive in a fast-paced, team environment, we want to hear from you. You must love where our business is headed and be aggressive at participating on all platforms.

Brief Description of Duties
Report and cover events of news interest, business and technology, special events, and breaking news on multiple platforms.  You must be motivated and aggressive about enterprising stories and known for going the extra mile in service of telling stories that are meaningful to the people we serve.  You will be expected to contribute to multiple platforms on a daily basis including writing for the web sites, posting on social media, creating for mobile, and most of all creating a dialog with our audience and your friends and followers.  You will have the opportunity to collaborate with America’s finest photojournalists to produce the most creative, compelling stories.  You must be proficient with live reporting, including breaking news.  You may also anchor or do fill-in anchor work on any newscast.  If you have experience and skills as a multi-media journalist capable of performing as a one-person operation for distribution on multiple platforms, then you will have an advantage.

Qualifications
• College degree with minimum two years’ experience as a general assignment reporter in a medium to large market.
• Excellent writing, packaging, and live skills.
• Must be able to report in a broad range of styles with good on-air presentation skills.
• Good business and technology acumen.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure.
• Familiarity with all distribution platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Internet etc.
• Good understanding of operating video equipment desired.  Must be willing to work overtime and any shift.

To be considered a candidate for an opening at KING, you must complete the online application and attach your resume, video link, and cover letter.  Paper resumes or any electronic information received that do not come through the online application process will not be considered part of the applicant pool.  If you want to send a DVD of your work, in addition to applying online, please send that to:  Mark Ginther, Executive News Director, KING TV, 333 Dexter Ave. N., Seattle, WA  98109.

To apply, go here.