Reporter, Weekend News Anchor
Nexstar
Augusta, GA
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Full Time Job
Meteorologist / MMJ / Wagt
WRDW
Augusta, GA
11-23-2021
- Paid
- Full Time
- Entry (0-2 years) Experience
Job Description
METEOROLOGIST/MMJ (W/END) - WRDW/WAGTAbout WRDW/WAGT:
WRDW-TV/WAGT-TV is home to the CBS and NBC affiliates in the beautiful southern city of Augusta, GA. The station operates out of a state-of-the-art facility that launched in February 2021. The Augusta DMA (#112) has a competitive news environment, and the award-winning news team produces over 40 hours of news per week. Augusta is home to a thriving downtown, restaurants to satisfy the foodie in you, and offers plenty of outdoor recreation with its rivers, lakes, and trails. Home of the world famous Masters Golf Tournament, Augusta is also situated 3 hours from the mountains, 2 hours from the coast, giving day-trippers the best of both worlds. Our news team is a blend of seasoned journalists who have decided to make Augusta their permanent home and also those who are just starting their journalism careers. Whether you make Augusta your home for good or follow the path of many before you and jump from our newsroom to a top 20, or even top 10 market, our team is invested in you. If you are passionate about journalism, work hard, and take responsibility for your own growth, you will be embraced.
Job Summary/Description:
WRDW-TV/WAGT-TV has an opening ideal for entry level Meteorologist/Multimedia Journalist. This position involves preparing weather graphics, forecast, and presenting weather on air and on digital platforms for our weekend morning newscasts, as well as three days a week shooting, editing, and writing news from scheduled and unscheduled events in the local community.
Primary job duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Preparing weather graphics, forecast, and presenting weather on-air and on digital platforms on weekend morning newscasts as well as filling in for other newscasts when co-meteorologists are off. Position also includes research, reporting live, shooting clean and creative video, writing in conversational broadcast style, and video editing. Must have the desire and ability to daily cultivate sources in the community, enterprise stories. Must also collaborate well with others in the newsroom.
Qualifications/Requirements:
• Candidates should be degreed meteorologist with minimum of one year of on-camera experience as a meteorologist and/or reporter/MMJ with a broadcast news station or with a university/college newsroom with daily real world expectations and deadlines. Successful applicant's background must include a bachelor's degree in meteorology, climatology, weather sciences, and experience with shooting and non-linear video editing. He/she must be a self-starter, with skill to build weather forecast graphics utilizing weather software systems. Strong camera presence, and communication skills and broadcast writing style are a must. Must work well under pressure and be able to maintain attention to detail and accuracy under strict daily deadlines. Must have and include a link to your on-camera weather and multimedia journalist work.
If you feel you're qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopening, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now''
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g3xpex-18-117-142-128-42 in your application.
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Gray Television supports local community interests by providing quality television broadcasting and exceptional service in each market we serve. Gray owns and/or operates television stations and leading digital properties in 93 television markets including the first or second highest rated television station in 85 markets. We are an unmatched broadcast pioneer that keeps getting bigger and better.