News Reporter

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 has strong writing skills, active and engaging delivery, and a passion for storytelling. 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.

Duties & Responsibilities Include:

• Reports news stories for broadcast and digital platforms
• Pitches leadable, enterprise stories that are relevant to the local community
• Gathers, 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