Multi-Skilled Journalist

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism, engaging content, and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions, we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. For more information, visit TEGNA.com.

 

 

 

KFMB-TV, the TEGNA-owned CBS affiliate in San Diego, CA, is looking for an experienced Multi-Skilled Journalist. We are seeking an aggressive, creative storyteller who creates unique and shareable stories for all of our platforms. The ideal candidate will also have experience in weather forecasting and presenting accurate and informative weather forecasts on air and online.

Responsibilities: 

• Perform authoritative, compelling live shots in a developing or breaking news situation
• Develop story ideas
• Mine the community to find sources who will keep you informed about events and ideas in their areas of expertise
• Ability to identify, write, and produce stories in an exciting, captivating, and authentic manner.
• Interview news subjects and research for facts and credibility.
• Maintain and develop sources who will help bring our reporting to the next level.
• Write, produce, and shoot/edit on-air and online content within deadlines.
• Use social media and digital tools to research, discover and distribute content.
• Write and post daily on digital platforms, including social media.
• Ability to provide accurate and compelling weather forecasts on multiple platforms
• Produce clean, creative, and informative graphics to tell the weather story.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or communication or equivalent years of experience
• BA/BS degree in Meteorology a plus
• 3-5 years reporting experience required
• Strong understanding of AP style, including the ability to rapidly edit and rewrite stories.
• Highly motivated individual with a creative and aggressive approach to driving digital and broadcast results.
• Must be able to handle live breaking news situations and changing events calmly
• Solid news judgment, strong communication skills, creativity, and  ethical decision-making skills.
• Strong writing skills, production skills and tease writing abilities.
• ENPS, EDIUS, and Axis graphics experience is preferred.
• Proven social and digital content creation ability.

Pay Range $36—$39 USD

Benefits: 

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year. 

* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

EEO statement:

TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, gen