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Dormont Manufacturing Company is hiring: Multi-Media Journalist in Des Moines

Dormont Manufacturing Company · Multiple locations ·

Job type:
Full Time

PURPOSE FOR THE POSITION
Contribute in any way necessary to the content gathering and producing for WHO 13.

PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS ESSENTIAL TO THE JOB

Engaging on-air and online personality.

Ability to write web, text, and social-media versions of news stories.

Ability to shoot and to edit video and sound.

Ability to operate ENG Live truck.

Ability to enterprise news stories.

Ability to write and interpret broadcast-news copy.

Ability to report live-breaking news.

Ability to handle deadline pressure.

Ability to drive news vehicles when needed.

Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

Valid driver’s license

Computer literate. Experience with Final Cut Pro preferred

Knowledge of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, etc.

2 years television newsroom experience

2 years news reporting/writing experience preferred.

4-year college degree preferred

Work under extreme pressure, deadlines, and adverse weather conditions

Desk work, walking, and standing.

RELATIONSHIPS

Internal contacts: All station personnel

External contacts: General public

STATEMENT ABOUT OTHER DUTIES
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intendedto bean accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to requirethat other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs, special projects, technological developments, etc.

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