Dynamic General Assignment Reporter & Weather Forecaster

Sinclair Broadcast Group; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

KUTV in Salt Lake City is looking for an enterprising General Assignment Reporter/Weather Forecaster to join our team. This hybrid role blends compelling journalism with forecasting responsibilities across TV, digital, and social platforms.

You will develop enterprise stories, report weather events, and post content to YouTube, social, and the station’s site while maintaining deadlines and a strong community presence.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of reporting/MMJ experience.
• Develop and maintain contacts to enterprise story ideas.
• Identify and pitch enterprise stories across key topics.
• Strong writing, copy-editing, and storytelling across platforms.
• Able to produce digital versions of reports and content for social media.

Responsibilities

• Produce digital versions of reports and unique digital content.
• Post content to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other platforms.
• Describe weather stories with explanations beyond radar and the 7-day forecast.
• Shoot and edit stories and weather segments.
• Report live during weather events and maintain deadlines.
• Assist with non-weather topics as part of the newsroom team.

Skills

News reporting

Weather forecasting

Multiplatform storytelling

Time management

Social media presence

Tools

Media creation tools

Job description

KUTV in Salt Lake City is looking for an enterprising General Assignment Reporter/Weather Forecaster to join our team. This hybrid role blends compelling journalism with forecasting responsibilities across TV, digital, and social platforms.

You will develop enterprise stories, report weather events, and post content to YouTube, social, and the station’s site while maintaining deadlines and a strong community presence.