General Assignment Reporter

KATU/KUNP 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. We will not hold your hand. We expect accurate and independent work from this employee. 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. If you need to cling to a cell phone to tell your story live, this is not the position for you! You may work a weekend day or weekend evening shift.

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
Creative social media content produced independently. You need proven skills beyond Facebook live.
Strong writing and copy-editing skills are a must
2 +years of experience as a Reporter in a commercial television newsroom
Must be able to work well under pressure to meet strict deadlines