Part-Time GA Reporter Newscasts

This position requires an experienced reporter capable of covering daily news for newscasts and online news outlets. The Reporter I must be proficient at spots, cut-and-copy, voicers and live on-air debriefings for broadcast and capable of writing text stories and producing other online news content for the web, mobile and social media platforms.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

The mission that drives us:

KQED provides citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

This role will work hybrid between working in and working remotely. KQED requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The successful candidate will be required to join The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).

Salary Information: $69,000 Annually

Essential Functions:

Researches, writes and reports stories for radio broadcast, the web, mobile and social media platforms.
Produces a variety of editorial content for the web, mobile and social media, such as audio, text stories, photographs, and video.
Reports and produces stories both from inside the newsroom and outside the newsroom.
Delivers audio, scripts, text stories, blog posts, photographs, video and other content from the field.
Assists the KQED News team in developing coverage strategies and daily assignments.
Assists the KQED News team in determining appropriate platforms to best tell the story.
Edits and dubs sound for story production as necessary.