NEWS REPORTER/MMJ - WNEM (FLINT)

Location: WNEM‑Bureau‑Flint, MI 555 S Saginaw St Flint, MI 48502, USA

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. 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 U.S. television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top‑rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second‑highest‑rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 45 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV households. Gray Digital Media, a full‑service digital agency, offers national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

About WNEM
At WNEM, it is our job and inherent desire to be the best local television station in the Mid‑Michigan market and the #1 digital platform across the state, region, and the country. We are committed to the highest standards of excellence in our local news, entertainment, information, and public service programming. We have the top‑rated news station plus a broadcast website. We are a mid‑sized market with an opportunity to grow. We are a self‑starting team driven for success with unique selling opportunities for a creative seller. Essential to that effort is a foundation of honesty and integrity qualities, which help us earn and build trust with our viewers, co‑workers, and business partners.

Job Summary / Description
WNEM is recruiting for a Reporter/MMJ in the Flint office. The Reporter/MMJ researches, writes, reports, shoots video, and edits news material for television newscasts and all WNEM news platforms and initiatives. This includes writing and posting daily on all digital platforms and social media. The successful individual will furnish a wide variety of news content, either working alone or in tandem with other field personnel. The Reporter/MMJ contributes live shots utilizing technology for feeding stories to the Content Center. The individual will be called upon to represent WNEM professionally and courteously in public.

Duties / Responsibilities

Write, report, present live from studio and in the field, shoot and edit video news stories from concept to finish; contribute copy stories to newscasts and digital platforms.

Perform live reports daily.

Generate story ideas, cultivate news sources, and remain knowledgeable regarding places, events, and people in the news, local and national.

Contribute to minute‑by‑minute digital news efforts on all platforms with web content, social media posts, and live digital reports.

Build community contacts, share information relating to upcoming events, meetings, or story developments.

Present stories via on‑air, live from the set, live remotes, or live indoor locations.

Serve as community ambassador for the news department.

Respond to concerns of viewers.

Qualifications / Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, Communications, or related field, or equivalent training and/or experience.

At least one year of experience in broadcast journalism.

Experience reporting (MMJ) news at a commercial television station preferred.

Valid driver’s license with good driving record.

WNEM‑TV/Gray Media is a drug‑free company.

Equal Employment Opportunity
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. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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. Improper interference with the ability of Gray’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

Equal Opportunity Employer. This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

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