MMJ REPORTER (NEWS & SPORTS) WMBF
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Job Location:
Myrtle Beach, SC - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Gray Media:
Gray Media or Gray is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta Georgia formally known as Gray Television Inc. The company is the nations largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Grays additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports Tupelo Media Group and PowerNation Studios and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.
Job Summary/Description:
WMBF News in Myrtle Beach SC has an opening for a Multimedia Journalist (News & Sports) Reporter to join our award-winning newsroom. This person must have a passion to affect change and make a difference for our viewers. Our ideal candidate is an organized independent ethical journalist who can enterprise stories while thriving under a deadline. Applicants should also have outstanding live reporting skills.
Duties/Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
* Enterprise and develop stories daily
* Develop great sources and contacts
* Dig into complex and important issues
* Develop new and additional creative content specifically for digital and other platforms
* Shoot write edit and present compelling stories either solo or in collaboration with a photographer
* Write in an exciting captivating and authentic manner
* Deliver on-air news in an engaging exciting and accurate manner
* Must be able to conduct interviews in a professional manner and research for facts and credibility
* Must be a visual storyteller; perform creative stand-ups and explanatory moving live shots
* Evenings weekends mornings and holidays will be required
* Be willing to learn or possess a broad and working knowledge of the viewing area including people places things and history
* Use creative production techniques such as graphics and new forms of media to enhance stories
* Perform other job-related duties as assigned
Qualifications/Requirements:
* Degree in journalism broadcasting communications or related field
* At least 1 year of professional newsroom experience required
* An engaging and comfortable on-air personality to include live shots
* The ability and desire to enterprise and produce local news & sports stories
* Excellent communicator
* Team player with a positive attitude
* Understanding of the tenets of professional journalism
* Strong social media skills
* Organizational skills attention to detail and the ability to work under constant time pressure and deadlines are a must
* Ability to calmly handle live breaking news situations and changing events
* Anchoring reporting and producing experience preferred
If you feel youre qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to 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 theGray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
WMBF-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company
Additional Info:
Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or addition to federal law requirements Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age genetic information disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Grays employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
Key Skills
- Social media site
- Indesign
- Daily Newspaper
- Soccer
- Sport contents
- Sports coverage
- Students Athletes
- Communication
- Reporting
- sport Events
- Softball
About Company
Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN and GTN.A) owns and/or operates over 100 television stations across 56 television markets that collectively broadcast more than 200 program streams including 103 channels affiliated with the CBS Network, the NBC Network, the ABC Network and the FOX Net ... View more
