Multimedia Journalist

Job description

Nexstar Media Inc. has an opening for an MMJ who is an innovative and dynamic journalist for WPHL-TV! The MMJ will work with producers and news leadership to report on breaking news, enterprise stories, and highly promotable news content. Candidate must have a proven track record of strong storytelling skills, source-building, enterprise reporting, digging, and handling breaking news. Excellent time management skills are a must. The MMJ produces, reports, writes, voices, and is capable of editing and feeding news production content for all platforms in a manner that is clear, engaging, and meaningful to news consumers. - Reports news stories for broadcast, describing the background and details of events - Arranges interviews with people who can provide information about stories - Reviews copy and corrects errors in content, grammar, and punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines - Reviews and evaluates notes taken about event aspects to isolate pertinent facts and details - Determines a story’s emphasis, length, and format, and organizes material accordingly - Researches and analyzes background information related to news stories to be able to provi...