The Multimedia Journalist (MMJ) role is responsible for reporting, writing, editing, producing and delivering taped and live presentation of political news stories from Washington, DC on deadline for Spectrum News markets and SN+. Contributes to special programming, live events and breaking news coverage. Creates impactful and compelling political content for our viewers across the country. Participates in coordinating coverage of major stories, breaking news and specials
Responsibilities:
- Contributes to special programming, live events and breaking news coverage
- Creates impactful and compelling political content for our viewers across the country
- Participates in coordinating coverage of major stories, breaking news and specials
- Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience
- Research, pitch, enterprise, write, edit news stories and produce creative, original and compelling own stories for multiple platforms
- Develop and cultivate a wide network of political sources in Washington
- Generate original story ideas and develop fresh angles/perspectives and enterprise pieces for the stories of the day and responsible for development of news stories from conception to completion
- Produce original content for an assigned newscast or news series
- Partner with legal team to ensure news content and materials meet legal requirements and help mitigate risk to the company
- Identify long and short-term story ideas, research and discover the content and set up interviews
- Research and verify information for original news stories by being resourceful in using beat sources, contacts and leaders and verifying facts
- Deliver news reports, including live ad-lib and recorded reports while demonstrating energy , confidence, professional appearance and voice quality
- Report within assigned deadlines
- Organize material, determine angle or emphasis and write stories accordingly
- Combine video, audio and graphics to tell the story effectively
- Work with assignment desk editors and production staff and independently in the newsgathering process
- Responsible for representing channel in a professional manner
- Strategically engage in social media
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- You’re passionate, creative and highly technical, driven to tell amazing stories that mean something to our communities
- You’re fiercely accurate, with a desire to leverage your knowledge, skills and abilities to share news stories across multiple platforms
- You’re nimble, having the ability to pivot in an ever-changing workflow
- You are a team player with a positive attitude and strong interpersonal skills
- Required Skills/Abilities and Knowledge
- Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
- Proven story development skills to submit original story ideas on a daily basis
- Demonstrated news judgement and driven by the 24-hour news cycle
- Ability to edit stories as necessary
- Live shot experience required
- Demonstrated on-camera skills
- Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities and work under time pressure deadline
- Effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills; ability to clearly communicate solutions
- Ability to interface with internal company personnel
- Ability to handle breaking news on-air
- Proven ability to report live stories
- Must be a self-motivated and have the ability to build relationships
- Must have editing skills
- Must be adept at social media
- Must use curiosity and have a sense of urgency to build compelling stories about the local community and community members
- Requires adaptability, enthusiasm, initiative and a positive approach to problem solving
- Ability to drive a company vehicle to and from assigned location while obeying all traffic laws
- Valid driver’s license for authorized driving in the State of residence
- Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, Communications or related field or comparable television work experience
- Television News Reporting experience – 3 years
- Experience working in a 24 hour news channel
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