About the Role
CBS Austin seeks a motivated, energetic, creative, and aggressive General Assignment Reporter to grow and empower audiences. The ideal candidate develops story ideas, gathers information for newscasts, possesses sound writing skills, a strong work ethic, and excels in live shots and breaking stories.
Responsibilities
- Create, shoot, write, and edit meaningful stories for newscasts across multiple platforms
- Provide news on-air as directed by the news management team
- Engage with local community members
- Review material for fairness, accuracy, and balance
- Collaborate closely with the news team, including Producers, Editors, Anchors, and News Directors
Requirements
- Proven knowledge and experience with current media creation tools and contemporary newsroom systems
- Ability to excel in storytelling across multiple platforms
- Strong writing and copy-editing skills
- 2-4 years of experience as a Multimedia Journalist or Reporter
- Ability to work well under pressure to meet strict deadlines
Skills
- Sound writing skills
- Excellent live shot skills
- Storytelling across multiple platforms
- Strong writing skills
- Copy-editing skills
- Media creation tools
- Contemporary newsroom systems
- Ability to work under pressure
Experience Level
- 2-4 years of experience as a Multimedia Journalist or Reporter
Benefits
- Great benefits
- Open door policy
- Upward mobility
- Strong desire to see you succeed
About the Company
- Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports.
- The Company owns, operates, and/or provides services to 178 television stations in 81 markets affiliated with all major broadcast networks.
- Owns Tennis Channel, a premium destination for tennis enthusiasts.
- Owns multicast networks CHARGE, Comet, ROAR, and The Nest.
- Sinclair’s AMP Media produces a growing portfolio of digital content and original podcasts.
- Additional information about Sinclair can be found at www.sbgi.net.
- The life-blood of our organization is our people.
- We have a compelling story and a goal-oriented culture.
Equal Opportunity
- Sinclair is an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace.
- Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
