PURPOSE FOR THE POSITION: Contribute in any way necessary to the content gathering and producing for WHO 13.
PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS ESSENTIAL TO THE JOB:
- Engaging on-air and online personality.
- Ability to write web, text, and social-media versions of news stories.
- Ability to shoot and to edit video and sound.
- Ability to operate ENG Live truck.
- Ability to enterprise news stories.
- Ability to write and interpret broadcast-news copy.
- Ability to report live-breaking news.
- Ability to handle deadline pressure.
- Ability to drive news vehicles when needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
- Valid driver’s license
- Computer literate. Experience with Final Cut Pro preferred
- Knowledge of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, etc.
- 2 years television newsroom experience
- 2 years news reporting/writing experience preferred.
- 4-year college degree preferred
- Work under extreme pressure, deadlines, and adverse weather conditions
- Desk work, walking, and standing.
RELATIONSHIPS:
- Internal contacts: All station personnel
- External contacts: General public
STATEMENT ABOUT OTHER DUTIES:
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs, special projects, technological developments, etc.
Top Skills
What We Do
Nexstar Media Group is the largest TV station operator in the country. With the reach of 171 full power television stations in 100 markets addressing nearly 38.9% of US television households, and a diversified, growing digital media operation, Nexstar Media Group offers superior audience engagement across all media devices and local broadcast television’s unrivalled influence on consumers’ purchasing and political decisions.
In 20 years, Nexstar has grown from a single station to the nation’s largest television company. This growth is fueled by an organization-wide commitment to delivering exceptional service to our communities and outstanding results for our advertisers.
From the very beginning, Nexstar has cultivated an organization-wide commitment to providing superior, unique local content that is relevant to each of the communities it serves, while offering local businesses, advertisers and brands the ability to engage and connect with local communities.
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