Capital City Correspondent

Job Description

Capital City Correspondent - WCTV

About WCTV:

WCTV is the dominant #1 CBS Affiliate in Tallahassee, with a coverage area of about 19 counties in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a well-established newsroom, where rising talent has an opportunity to learn from and grow with experienced anchors and reporters. The expectations are high in our newsroom. As the leader in the market, our work has never been more important. The right candidate can expect to cover everything from breaking news to severe weather, major political headlines, and heartfelt features.

Job Summary/Description:

WCTV is searching for our next Capital City Correspondent to lead coverage of vital city and county government issues for Tallahassee and Leon County. Florida's capital city has so much to offer, including a chance to tell meaningful and impactful stories through the lens of local politics. With a governor now running for president, a historic 2023 legislative session continuing to draw national attention, and a 2024 session on the horizon, there couldn't be a better time to join our team. This role is perfect for someone who works best with beat-based assignments, and a champion for community-focused and solutions journalism. If combing through agendas and public records, and finding ''real people'' stories beyond government excites you, this could be a perfect fit.

Duties/Responsibilities will include (but be limited to):
- Generating story ideas and building local contacts, with a focus on city and county government leaders, community advocates, experts at our local universities and ''real people'' impacted by our stories
- Monitoring public meetings including city commission, county commission and school board
- Maintaining and organizing spreadsheets to keep track of meetings and follow-up story opportunities
- Earning the respect of sources and peers through professional, informative, and balanced storytelling
- Committing to a high level of integrity and fair reporting on complex and multi-faceted issues
- Shooting, writing and editing daily content for multiple newscasts and our website WCTV.tv
- Compelling live reporting, including breaking news, elections, severe weather and features
- Ability to shift into breaking news, severe weather and feature reporting as assigned
- Operating portable live unit, and conducting live shots from the field
- Completing other duties as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:
- 1+ years as an MMJ in a television newsroom
- Experience accessing, analyzing, and simplifying public records
- BS/BA in journalism or communications
- A valid driver's license and good driving record

Interested applicants can go to https://grayhttps://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', we encourage you to upload your resume, cover letter, and references

(Current employees that are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro employee portal)

WCTV-TV/Gray Television Group, Inc. is a drug-free company

Gray Television encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus prior to or by the first workday.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rn5qm3-18-226-88-23-42 in your application.