Multimedia Journalist

Job Description

Multimedia Journalist

MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST (Albany) - WALB
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 WALB:
WALB-TV prides itself as an inclusive, diverse newsroom, with a safe teamwork culture, where everyone's voice is not only heard, but it's strongly encouraged. WALB is the dominant #1 news station and award-winning NBC / ABC affiliate in Albany, GA. We service more than 40 counties across South Georgia, including two news bureaus in the cities of Tifton and Valdosta.
Job Summary/Description:
WALB News 10 in Albany, GA, is looking for a Multi-Media Journalist to join our award-winning team. We are looking for a PASSIONATE journalist with energy, personality, and the ability to find and tell community-driven stories. Candidates must have prior experience covering news events in person, gathering news by phone, making contacts, and developing sources. MMJs are required to pitch stories every day, cover their own ''beats'', write web scripts, and engage on social media in our Digital First newsroom. You write stories for broadcast, shoot and edit video, conduct field interviews, and do live news reporting. You will be trained on multiple newsroom systems. We are looking for someone who is curious, who loves news - a journalist at heart!
Develop news sources and credible contacts, pitch news stories from your own beat, and shoot, write, and edit news stories on digital and linear platforms on a daily basis. Must have a strong work ethic and appreciate a good work culture.
Please note - the primary job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the duties listed above
Qualifications/Requirements:
- College degree in broadcasting or equivalent
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)
WALB-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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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-o1wyx4-216-73-216-125-42 in your application.