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Full Time Job

Reporter - Multimedia Journalist

Nexstar

Des Moines, IA 08-14-2023
 
  • Paid
  • Full Time
  • Mid (2-5 years) Experience
Job Description

POSITION TITLE: Multi-Media Journalist/anchor/special assignment REPORTS TO: News Director

PURPOSE FOR THE POSITION: Contribute in any way necessary to the content gathering and producing for www.WHO13.com and WHO 13.

PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS ESSENTIAL TO THE JOB:
• Engaging on-air and online personality.
• Ability to write web, text and social-media versions of news stories.
• Ability to shoot and to edit video and sound.
• Ability to anchor or host special news programming.
• Ability to enterprise news stories.
• Ability to write and interpret broadcast-news copy.
• Ability to report live-breaking news.
• Ability to handle deadline pressure.
• Ability to drive news vehicles when needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

Valid driver's license

Computer literate. Experience with Adobe Premiere preferred.

Knowledge of social-media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, etc.

2-years television-newsroom experience

2 years news reporting/writing experience preferred.

4-year college degree preferred

Work under extreme pressure, deadlines, and adverse weather conditions

Desk work, walking, and standing

RELATIONSHIPS:

Internal contacts: All station personnel

External contacts: General public

STATEMENT ABOUT OTHER DUTIES:
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, e.g. , emergencies, changes in personnel, work load, rush jobs, special projects, technological developments, etc.

EOE

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d8pz5q-18-224-38-3-42 in your application.

Company Profile
Nexstar

Nexstar Media Group is America’s largest local television and media company with 196 full power stations (including partner stations) in 114 markets addressing nearly 63% of US television households and a growing digital media operation.