Meteorologist

Job Description

About Gray Media:

Gray Media is a leading media company that owns and operates high-quality stations in 113 television markets that collectively reach 36 percent of US television households.

We constantly strive for excellence. Through upgrading to the latest technology and seeking new ways to stay on top in our markets, we focus on training and development of the best and brightest employees in the business.

About WDBJ:

WDBJ7, WZBJ, and WDBJ7.com are a Gray-owned dominant CBS-affiliated media powerhouse in beautiful Roanoke, Virginia. Known as ''Your Hometown Station®'', WDBJ7 and WZBJ serve 26 counties across the Blue Ridge Mountain region and produce 60.5 hours of award-winning local news coverage, more than any of its competitors in the Roanoke/Lynchburg market. Headquartered in a state-of-the-art digital broadcast center in Roanoke, Virginia, the station also operates Virginia bureaus in Lynchburg, Blacksburg, Lexington, and Danville. WDBJ7 has been the number-one station of choice for viewers from Roanoke to Lynchburg and across the New River Valley.

Job Summary/Description:

WDBJ Television, the #1 TV station in the 67th largest market in the country, is looking for a meteorologist. The meteorologist we hire will do the weather for our noon, 3PM, 5:30PM, and 6:30PM newscasts during the week. We are also looking for someone able to report live from community events during weekday evening newscasts.
We have a veteran weather team that will be focused on helping the meteorologists we hire improve and grow every day.
Our Chief Meteorologist is always on the cutting edge of the latest weather technology and loves to teach others on our team. We are looking for a candidate with 1-4 years of experience on-air as a television meteorologist.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Prepare and deliver weather over several platforms, including social media
- Responsible for developing all weather forecasts and accompanying computer graphics, delivering on-air weathercasts and live weather reports from the field.
- Live ''on-the-scene'' reporting, especially during breaking news and severe weather
- Effectively communicate information regarding severe weather coverage in a clear and concise graphic presentation.
- Provide weather forecasts for partnering radio stations and/or newspapers.
- Communicate critical weather information, especially during severe weather, to producers and other critical staff members to ensure a consistent and accurate message to viewers
- Work with the News Director to develop an overall strategy in line with the department and station.
- Follow clothing and appearance guidelines.
- Attend/host/speak at community service, schools and community events; meet and greet viewers.
- Ensure public appearances in schools and community events are consistent with image and goals of station
- Participate in story selection process through meetings; attendance at editorial meetings
- Must be able to enterprise and field report relevant stories for newscasts under tight deadlines
- Write and edit packages
- Report research-based stories
- Develop and maintain sources
- Use non-linear editing equipment on a daily basis
- Various shift work will be required. Work evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.
- Perform other incidental and related duties as required and assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:
- Be able to speak and write clearly and accurately
- Must be able to work well under pressure
- Ability to maintain professional and ethical conduct at the station and in the community
- Willingness to be a hard-working staff member and work as part of a team is required
- Excellent live reporting skills and strong on-camera presentation skills required
- Strong initiative and attention to detail is required
- Ability to work with limited supervision is a must
- Must possess excellent interview and conversational reading and writing skills
- Maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving in a manner that will work well with co-workers, supervisors, and viewers
- Knowledge of social media outlets and website postings (website and digital/mobile platforms)
- Ability to keep up with national and local news/weather is required
- Experience storm chasing is a plus
- Use graphics to convey weather information to the audience
- Analyze weather patterns in current and forecast information
- Enterprise local hard-news stories

If you feel you're qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', upload your resume, cover letter, and references

(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)

WDBJ-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Gray Media encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus before the first workday.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gqwbq6-3-144-101-157-42 in your application.