Multimedia Sports Reporter & Storyteller

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Columbus (OH)

On-site

USD 55,000 - 75,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

WSYX/WTTE Columbus seeks a Sports Multimedia Journalist to tell enterprise sports stories that connect the game to Central Ohio communities. You’ll shoot, write, edit, and present across TV, digital, social, and streaming while breaking news in real time.

Build exclusive ideas with athletes, coaches, and community leaders and deliver engaging live coverage from games and events. Candidate will bring 5+ years of experience, strong live reporting, and a digital-first mindset with proficiency

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 5 years of sports reporting experience.
  • Experience with live shots.
  • Experience with Live-U is a plus.
  • Must have and maintain a valid license and a good driving record.

Responsibilities

  • Enterprise original stories that connect sports to the people and issues shaping Central Ohio.
  • Cover professional, collegiate, high school, and community sports with urgency and creativity.
  • Break sports news across digital, social, streaming, and broadcast platforms in real time.
  • Shoot, write, edit, and present compelling stories as a true multimedia journalist.
  • Deliver engaging live coverage from games, press conferences, breaking news, and community events.
  • Build relationships with athletes, coaches, organizations, and community leaders to develop exclusive story ideas.
  • Collaborate with newsroom leadership to identify stories where sports intersect with education, business, public safety, health, politics, and culture.
  • Produce compelling content that serves audiences wherever they choose to consume news.

Skills

Live reporting
Storytelling
Digital publishing
Independent work
News judgment

Tools

Live-U

Job description

WSYX/WTTE Columbus seeks a Sports Multimedia Journalist to tell enterprise sports stories that connect the game to Central Ohio communities. You’ll shoot, write, edit, and present across TV, digital, social, and streaming while breaking news in real time.

Build exclusive ideas with athletes, coaches, and community leaders and deliver engaging live coverage from games and events. Candidate will bring 5+ years of experience, strong live reporting, and a digital-first mindset with proficiency

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