What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reporter position at FOX 21 News, KQDS-TV?
Position Overview
We seek a dynamic part-time Multimedia Journalist to join our team at KQDS (https://www.fox21online.com/) in Duluth, MN. The ideal candidate will have a passion for journalism, exceptional on-air presence, and the ability to engage with our audience. As a Multimedia Journalist you will shoot videos, gather information, edit, prepare, and produce compelling news segments that will be shown over the airwaves. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who wants to enter broadcast news and has the talent, confidence, and drive to succeed.
Why us?
Broadcast television broadcasting is awesome, and this position enables you to accelerate your career in a constantly evolving broadcast industry. We are a rapidly growing privately held group of television stations operating in twelve markets within nine states across four time zones. We cultivate and support our professionals with continued feedback and assistance from our hands-on management team, but we also offer promotional opportunities within our company.
What you’ll do
Our local news begins with you! That’s right…you’ll be the person who appears on-air and drives original news stories for your community. Although each day will be unpredictable and unique, here are some tasks you can expect.
- Write, shoot, and edit news stories, and other production content for television newscasts and other news platforms.
- Produce news reports and conduct interviews with superior professionalism, confidence, energy, and accuracy.
- Cultivate beat sources, contacts, and leads that will help you develop your news stories.
- Cover, research, and report on stories that are assigned to you.
- Establish a community presence and report on newsworthy community events.
- Engage, interact, and respond to your local community’s concerns.
What qualities do we hope to find in you?
- You must be multi-talented to gather information to report a story and can integrate graphics, video, and audio into cohesive newscast packages.
- You must be accurate, responsible, creative, and accept full responsibility for your news stories’ final content and presentation.
- Great multimedia journalists are embedded in their local communities and are passionate about sharing stories about local events with our viewers.
- We hope you are creative, technical, and flexible because priorities can change with little notice.
- We want you to be excited about your work and enjoy working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven culture.
- You should be comfortable working with others and have strong interpersonal skills.