General Assignment Reporter

Sinclair Broadcast Group; San Antonio, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Sinclair Broadcast Group's KABB/KMYS is seeking a take-charge General Assignment Reporter to grow our audience. The candidate should be motivated, energetic, creative, and aggressive; develop story ideas, gather information for newscasts, and demonstrate excellent live shot skills, thriving on breaking stories.

You will create, shoot, write and edit stories for multiple platforms, provide news on-air as directed, engage with the local community, review material for fairness and balance, and

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience as a Reporter.
• Ability to develop story ideas and gather information for newscasts.
• Excellent live shot skills and thriving on breaking stories.
• Strong writing and copy-editing skills are essential.
• Able to tell stories across multiple platforms and under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Create, shoot, write and edit meaningful stories for station's newscast that can be used across multiple platforms
• Provide news on-air as directed from the news management team
• Engaging with local community members
• Review material for fairness, accuracy, and balance
• Work closely with all members of the news team, including Producers, Editors, Anchors, News Directors, etc.

Skills

Live shots

Story ideas

Writing

Copy editing

Multiplatform storytelling

Under pressure

Teamwork

Job description

KABB/KMYS is looking for a take-charge General Assignment Reporter to help us continue to grow and empower our audiences! We are seeking a motivated, energetic, creative, and aggressive reporter who can think and perform outside the box. The ideal candidate should be able to develop story ideas and gather information for newscasts, have sound writing skills, a great work ethic, and a can-do attitude. The best person for this job will have excellent live shot skills and thrives on breaking stories

No day will look the same as a Reporter, however, the main responsibilities of the role will include:

• Create, shoot, write and edit meaningful stories for station's newscast that can be used across multiple platforms
• Provide news on-air as directed from the news management team
• Engaging with local community members
• Reviewing material for fairness, accuracy, and balance
• Work closely with all members of the news team, which would include Producers, Editors, Anchors, News Directors etc..

Additionally, this person should have a...

• Proven knowledge and experience working with current media creation tools and contemporary newsroom systems
• Excel in storytelling across multiple platforms
• Strong writing and copy-editing skills are a must
• 2 years of experience as a Reporter
• Must be able to work well under pressure to meet strict deadlines

EEO AND INCLUSIVITY:

Sinclair is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.