Digital Reporter

Job Description

WHTM-TV is looking for a full-time passionate, talented and hard-working Digital Reporter to write and publish content on abc27.com. The ideal candidate will work in-person both in the field and from the abc27 newsroom in Harrisburg with a focus on finding and reporting local stories. The candidate should have experience reporting, a focus on SEO, and have the ability to write multiple articles a day for abc27.com. This role may include evening shifts depending on news coverage.

Essential Duties
• Develops and leads winning strategy for station content
• Expert understanding of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms
• Reviews copy and will correct errors in content, grammar, and punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines
• Use our Social Media and Website to build and reinforce brand recognition and drive viewers to television
• Determines a story's emphasis, length, and format, and organizes material accordingly
• Research and analyze background information related to news stories in order to be able to provide complete and accurate information
• Gathers information about events through research, interviews, experience or attendance at political, news, sports, artistic, social or other functions
• Pitches on-brand local and trending stories during morning meetings
• Checks reference materials such as books, news files or public records to obtain relevant facts
• Shoots and edits content for on-air and digital
• Produces reports for all platforms
• Ensures that all content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality
• Builds and calendars digital campaigns to promote local shows and specials.
• Writes stories for the web and other digital platform
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Finds new ways to use Social Media and our website to engage with viewers

Education Requirements
• Degree in journalism; daily newspaper or news site experience required; live, working web samples and/or print pages preferred
• Proficiency in Associated Press style and WordPress
• Maintain positive work environment through active team participation and cooperation with co-workers in all departments
• Responds positively to feedback

Work Experience:
• Daily newspaper or news site experience required; live, working web samples and/or print pages preferred
• Proficiency in Associated Press style and WordPress
• Maintain positive work environment through active team participation and cooperation with co-workers in all departments
• Responds positively to feedback

Responsibilities
• Develops and leads winning strategy for station content
• Expert understanding of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms
• Reviews copy and will correct errors in content, grammar, and punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines
• Use our Social Media and Website to build and reinforce brand recognition and drive viewers to television
• Determines a story's emphasis, length, and format, and organizes material accordingly
• Research and analyze background information related to news stories in order to be able to provide complete and accurate information
• Gathers information about events through research, interviews, experience or attendance at political, news, sports, artistic, social or other functions
• Pitches on-brand local and trending stories during morning meetings
• Checks reference materials such as books, news files or public records to obtain relevant facts
• Shoots and edits content for on-air and digital
• Produces reports for all platforms
• Ensures that all content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality
• Builds and calendars digital campaigns to promote local shows and specials.
• Writes stories for the web and other digital platforms
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Finds new ways to use Social Media and our website to engage with viewers

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dy90y0-18-220-210-111-42 in your application.