• Multimedia Journalist/Reporter

    Nexstar Media Group (Dayton, OH)


    A friendly, affordable midwestern city with so much to offer. Work, play, and enjoy life in the “Gem City.” Dayton is known as the birthplace of aviation, and features a mecca of restaurants, festivals, museums, sports teams, and entertainment. Forbes named Dayton one of the top 20 best cities to live in as a career professional. Trulia ranked Dayton the #2 least expensive city to live in out of the top 100 metropolitan areas in the country. Come join a growing team and affordable midwestern city.

    2 NEWS is looking for the next Multimedia Journalist to join our team. The ideal candidate should be a dynamic storyteller, with strong writing skills, active and engaging delivery, and a passion for journalism that impacts people in their daily lives. This MMJ will produce, report, shoot, write, voice, edit, and feed news production content for all platforms in a manner that is clear, engaging, and meaningful.

    + Reports news stories for broadcast and digital platforms

    + Pitches leadable, enterprise stories that are relevant to the local community

    + Gathers information about events through research, interviews, experience or attendance at political, news, sports, artistic, social or other functions

    + Arranges and conducts live and recorded interviews

    + Reviews copy and ensures accuracy in content, grammar and punctuation following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines

    + Ensures that all content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality

    + Interacts with viewers/users on digital platforms

    + Performs special projects and other duties as assigned

    Key traits & competencies:

    + Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience

    + Excellent communication skills, both oral and written with the ability to ad lib when required

    + Minimum two years’ experience in news reporting preferred

    + Engaging on-air presence

    + Proficiency with newsroom technology

    + Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously

    + Valid driver’s license with a good driving record

    + Flexibility to work any shift

    + Positive attitude and desire to grow skills

     

    Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 310,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All America,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.

     

    EEO Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.