General Assignment Reporter

KUTV Fresh Living; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

KUTV in Salt Lake City is seeking a News Reporter who can tell compelling stories, humanize events, and deliver enterprise reporting that engages a broad audience across TV and digital platforms.

The ideal candidate has at least 3 years of on-air experience, strong writing, and the ability to work under deadline with a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends.

Sinclair Broadcast Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and supports a collaborative, inclusive newsroom.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years’ on-air experience.
• Produce content across TV, digital, and social platforms.
• Able to meet deadlines with a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Produce regular content across TV, digital, and social platforms.
• Dig for exclusive and enterprise stories with impact.
• Work under tight deadlines with a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

On-air experience

News writing

Multiplatform publishing

Deadline-driven

Job description

KUTV has an exciting opportunity for a full-time News Reporter in one of the most beautiful places on earth. We are seeking a candidate that is a strong storyteller, who can humanize a story and make it impactful for a broad audience. The ideal candidate should be passionate about digging up exclusive and enterprise stories that impact the audience. This is a self-starter’s dream opportunity, allowing the most qualified candidate to put differentiating content, strong writing, and creativity into play every day across multiple platforms.

This Position Is For You If You Like

• Jumping at the latest breaking story, and beating competitors on digital, social media and television
• Listening to scanner traffic to find breaking news
• Digging through probable cause and other documents to find hard news, enterprise stories that the competition will not put the time or effort in to find

Skills/Experience

• Exemplary communication skills and previous experience working in a team environment are a must, both on the desk and in the field
• This position will be required to produce regular content on a variety of platforms including our digital platforms and social media, along with other duties as assigned by managers
• The ability to work under deadline and on a flexible schedule, including evenings and/or weekends is required

This is NOT an entry-level position. You must have at least 3 years’ on-air experience.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace!

About Sinclair

Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 177 television stations in 79 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; and owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, TBD., and The Nest. Sinclair's content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the nation's largest streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net.

About The Team

The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good? Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team?