VIDEOJOURNALIST/ EDITOR - WSFA Job at Gray Media in Montgomery
Gray Media, Montgomery, AL, United States, 36136
Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households.
WSFA 12 News is the dominant television and digital media station in Montgomery, Alabama. For over 70 years, WSFA 12 News has served a 15-county DMA and is Central and South Alabama's most trusted source for news, weather, and sports information on-air and online.
Duties/Responsibilities include:
- Work with producers, reporters, and editors to create new stories.
- Feed stories back to the station from live remotes using LIVEU backpacks.
- Must have strong photography and non-linear editing skills
- Must be able to work well under pressure and meet daily deadlines.
- Must have good creative and editorial judgment and mastery of journalistic ethics.
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to lift loads up to 50 lbs.
- Flexible work hours required, including holidays, weekends, evenings, and possible overtime hours. Must be available for overnight travel.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- College degree required from an accredited College or University, majoring in Communications or Journalism.
- Minimum 1-2 years of experience shooting and editing digital at a local television station.
- Working with JVC camera equipment, LIVE U, as well as BitCentral/Edius non-linear editing experience is a plus.
- Must have a clean driving record and possess a valid driver's license.
Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.