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About the Role
WABC is seeking an experienced general assignment reporter to authentically engage and connect with our audience. The ideal candidate will be a dynamic journalist and storyteller with a passion for uncovering and reporting facts with integrity. This role requires collaboration with producers, assignment editors, and newsroom leaders, understanding the significant voice and responsibility of broadcasters to the communities they serve. The reporter will contribute to all platforms and dayparts, including early mornings, nights, and weekends.
Responsibilities
- Develop, pitch, research, and report original and enterprise stories.
- Report live from the field during breaking news, major events, severe weather, and other developing stories.
- Build and maintain strong sources throughout the community to generate exclusive reporting and identify emerging stories.
- Write and produce compelling content across broadcast, digital, social, and streaming platforms.
- Collaborate with producers, photographers, assignment editors, digital teams, and newsroom leadership.
- Represent the station professionally and remain flexible in a 24/7 news environment.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of experience reporting in a top 20 market.
- Demonstrate sound editorial judgment and ensure reporting meets the highest standards of accuracy, fairness, context, and journalistic integrity.
- Demonstrated experience as a television news reporter, multimedia journalist, or journalist in a comparable news environment.
- Exceptional reporting, writing, interviewing, storytelling, and live presentation skills.
- Proven ability to develop sources and generate original story ideas.
- Strong understanding of digital, social, and streaming platforms.
- Ability to perform effectively under a deadline and adapt quickly during breaking news.
- Demonstrated success in developing enterprise stories, cultivating sources, and delivering exclusive reporting.
- Experience creating compelling content across broadcast, digital, streaming, and social platforms.
- Strong knowledge of the local market, communities, and issues.
Skills
- Journalism
- Communication
- Storytelling
- Reporting
- Writing
- Interviewing
- Live presentation
- Digital platform content creation
- Social media content creation
- Streaming platform content creation
Location
- New York, NY, USA
Work Type
- As needed
- Part time
Experience Level
- Minimum of 5 years of experience reporting in a top 20 market
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Salary/Compensations
- $405 per day
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Financial benefits
- Other benefits, dependent on level and position offered
About the Company
- WABC is part of Disney Networks.