Photographer Editor

Job Description

PHOTOGRAPHER/EDITOR - (GPP)
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 nation's 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. Gray's 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.
About Investigative TV:
InvestigateTV is Gray Media's national investigative division that provides innovative, original journalism to Gray Media properties and partners. Our team of national reporters produces nationally recognized, impactful journalism that creates change. InvestigateTV+ and InvestigateTV+ Weekend showcase reporting in 30-minute programs that take viewers on an in-depth and inspirational journey across America and connect viewers to compelling and emotional stories.
Job Summary/Description:
Gray Media is looking for a photographer to join our National Investigative team. The ideal photographer will be a creative visual storyteller with a strong editorial background. This is an opportunity to focus on journalism and showcase your long-form storytelling. Along with individual story production, the position will also involve news magazine-style show editing for InvestigateTV+. This will be a position based in the greater Washington, DC area.
The photographer will be responsible for working with a reporter and producing multiple stories per week on a variety of topics, enterprising both long-form stories as well as quicker turns. The photographer will also work with the Managing Editor and Executive Producer to ensure the visual standards of the broadcast are met.
Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Able to work independently and to use solid editorial judgment on all images and sound used within a news story
- Work with Reporters to shoot and edit accurate, unbiased content as assigned
- Use creative graphic and production techniques to enhance visual storytelling
- Work cooperatively as a team member under a deadline
- Responsible for maintaining all company gear, including but not limited to: cameras, cellphones, tablets, laptops, and any other gear assigned
- Digital/Social/CTV duties as assigned
- Other duties as assigned by the Director of Investigations, Managing Editor, and Executive Producer
Qualifications/Requirements:
- 5 years of experience as a photographer
- Strong editorial judgment
- Motivated, self-starter who is detail-oriented
- The ability to interact professionally and effectively with Gray management at the station and corporate level
- Proficiency in non-linear editing on the Adobe Suite and the ability to learn new systems as implemented.
- Proficiency in motion graphics creation on the Adobe Suite and the ability to learn new systems as implemented.
- Proficiency with prosumer and/or cinema cameras and the ability to learn new systems as implemented.
- Understanding of Windows-based electronics and the ability to learn ENPS as well as new systems as they are implemented
- Understanding of BitCentral as well as new systems as they are implemented.
- Understanding of digital CMS production and the ability to learn Arc, as well as new systems as they are implemented.
- Must meet physical requirements, including medium to heavy lifting and carrying camera equipment up to 50 pounds for extended periods of time
- BS/BA in Journalism/Communications or equivalent background
- Flexibility with travel and work schedules
- Willing to work in Washington, DC.
- Must be 18 years or Older
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)
Investigative-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

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