Consumer Investigative Reporter, NBC Connecticut

Job Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.
Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Job Description
NBC Connecticut is looking for an innovative consumer investigative reporter to join our team. The successful candidate will be expected to enterprise and produce consumer and investigative news stories and contribute to major breaking news events for NBC Connecticut. We pride ourselves on being the only local news station committed to helping our viewers solve consumer problems and work to get their money back through our Responds brand. This role would be responsible for handling those responsibilities in addition to turning consumer content. We are building a culture of innovation and experimentation. We are looking for a creative thinker who is willing to experiment with telling stories in non-traditional ways to reach new audiences across any device.
The applicant should have a good understanding of how to deliver meaningful and impactful stories for our digital and broadcast platforms. An understanding of how to tell stories on our digital platforms is a must.

Responsibilities
• Research, develop, write, and produce enterprise consumer news stories.
• Take ownership over our Responds brand by working to resolve consumer complaints from viewers, interview people we've helped and produce regular Responds packages for broadcast and digital.
• Generate quick turn consumer and investigative packages while juggling longer turn stories.
• Enterprise consumer/investigative content across all on-air and digital platforms
• Develop and maintain sources that will generate exclusive reports
• Contribute research and analysis on major breaking news events
• Ability to add depth and provide context to big stories, especially consumer and investigative stories
• Strong ad-lib skills to calmly and effectively deliver news reports
• Collaborate with the news team including anchors, reporters, assignment desk, producers and digital team.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
• Minimum of 2 years' experience working as an investigative or consumer journalist
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
Desired Qualifications
• Bilingual in English and Spanish
• Understanding of computer-assisted reporting and working with spreadsheet programs
• Understanding of emerging news production techniques and technology, with a pioneering spirit and desire to learn emerging technologies and invent the future
• Good collaborative and interpersonal skills to communicate at all levels
• Believes that teams are smarter and more dynamic together
• Experience being actively engaged in editorial processes and meetings
• Impeccable reporting and storytelling skills
• Demonstrated ability to use digital platforms to reach audiences
• Understanding of how to engage audiences on social media
• Ability to present stories for all station platforms
• Willingness to perform basic video shooting and editing as needed
• Strong understanding and demonstration of editorial judgment and journalistic ethics, including a current knowledge of laws of libel, slander and applicable FCC rules and regulations
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems, prioritize decisions, and successfully manage multiple assignments concurrently in a high pressure, breaking news environment
Eligibility Requirements
• Candidates must be able to provide a reel/portfolio of work examples -- if available, include a web address when you submit your resume. Please include at least five examples of your best work on both broadcast and digital with your application.
• Must be willing to work in West Hartford, CT
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Must be covered by Solutions, NBCU's Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
• Must have a flexible schedule with ability to work any of a 24x7 shift and willingness to travel and work long hours and on weekends with short notice
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• Required On-Site: This position is required to be performed full-time from an NBCUniversal designated worksite.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-o11644-216-73-216-71-42 in your application.