First Alert Desk Reporter

Job Description

First Alert Desk Reporter

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 WBRC:
WBRC 6 News is the legacy, first-place station in Central Alabama. We produce award-winning news. We also have a dominant digital presence, using our live stream, the WBRC News app, the WBRC Weather app, and wbrc.com. and social media platforms to connect to a worldwide audience.
Job Summary/Description:
WBRC 6 News in Birmingham, AL, is seeking a multimedia journalist to prepare and present breaking news to our morning audiences on various platforms.
We are looking for a Journalist who is hungry for urgent news. This person must be resourceful and able to scope out new information and break stories. The position requires someone to find and prepare urgent news stories for linear TV and digital audiences. Occasional anchoring and field reporting will also be assigned.
Please note - primary job duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the information listed above
Qualifications/Requirements:
- BA degree in broadcasting or equivalent work experience
- Expert-level ad libbing skills
- Expert-level shooting, writing, and editing skills
- Master storyteller
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Strong broadcast and AP style writing skills
- Self-motivated and able to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a local newsroom
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'', include your resume and references
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
WBRC-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-232p7y-216-73-216-89-42 in your application.