Digital Journalist/Weekend Evenings

Job Description

WHDH is hiring a part-time digital journalist to help manage the station’s news presence online on whdh.com and on social media. Come join our team!

Responsibilities: This journalist will work evening shifts on weekends and two weekdays as well so an ability to work independently is a must. The role entails scanning social media and other sources for story ideas and tips, writing and publishing stories, cutting video clips to accompany those stories and posting breaking news via social media and alerts. Candidates should also be comfortable using SEO best practices to write headlines and alerts and select photos for stories.

Candidates would ideally have professional experience in journalism. Candidates should be adept multitaskers comfortable with working in a fast-paced, breaking news environment. WordPress experience and a college degree are strongly preferred, as is knowledge of the Boston market. Knowledge of Photoshop, basic HTML and web analytics is a plus. WHDH-TV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This position requires candidate to work 100% in Boston office.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d8mywq-3-137-187-233-42 in your application.