Multiskilled Journalist

Job Description

WZZM 13 On Your Side in Grand Rapids, Michigan has an opportunity for a creative, innovative, and enterprising Multi-Skilled Journalist who is an excellent on-camera communicator to help serve the needs of our audience and community. We are looking for a journalist who is dedicated to aggressively covering breaking news and major weather events. This journalist is comfortable asking tough, but fair questions, and be able to work with managers to develop smart and engaging stories. We are looking for someone who understands the ''why'' behind stories and excels at impact journalism.
If you are a natural competitor who wants to break lead stories, an excellent storyteller and committed to developing sources

Responsibilities:
• Report in field as a multi-skilled journalist and develop compelling enterprise content that can lead a newscast.
• Foster and develop strong news sources.
• Be able to perform live shots in a clear and concise manner.
• Shoot and edit your own work
• Participate in promotional appearances and represent 13 On Your Side at community events.
• Work with producers and management team to create unique, fast-paced innovative stories.
• Use social media to determine content of newscasts and highlight big social stories.
• Write articles and post daily on digital platforms.
• Develop story ideas, write, shoot and edit news stories for on-air broadcasting.
• Develop original content through social listening and independent sources.
• Perform other tasks as required by supervisor or executive producer.
• Journalism and/or Communication degree preferred.
• Understand the tenets of professional Journalism.
• Excellent, creative presentation and writing skills a must
• Flexibility in scheduling including willingness to work overtime when needed and all shifts including holidays and weekends.
Requirements:
• Minimum 1-3 years reporting experience at a commercial television station.
• Develop story ideas, write, shoot and edit news stories for television, mobile and social platforms.
• Write in an exciting, captivating, and authentic manner.
• Use the latest editing and photography tools to tell great stories.
• Develop original content through social listening and independent sources.
• Deliver on-air news events in an engaging, exciting, and accurate manner.
• Interview news subjects and research for facts and credibility.
• Write and post daily on all digital platforms including social media.
• Enterprise news stories.
• Write for the web, including attaching images and streaming video.
• Use creative production techniques such as graphics and new forms of media (viewer pictures, webcam interviews, etc.) to enhance stories.
• Strong social media presence.
• Experience with ENPS and Edius a plus.
• Must have a valid driver's license
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA's 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor's appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-bxwp3e-18-227-79-164-42 in your application.