News Reporter
Company: KRGV-TV
Location: Mcallen
Posted on: September 15, 2023
Job Description:
- https://www.krgv.com/pages/news-reporter/KRGV-TV, Channel 5
News, the ABC Affiliate and #1 news station in the McAllen-
Harlingen- Brownsville, Texas market (#85), is looking for an
experienced:News Reporter. (English)The successful candidate will
be someone who has the ability to develop contacts and online
sources to get a story that is uniquely yours. You must be able to
dig, to find a story. The right candidate must have a minimum of
1-year experience reporting in a commercial television news
operation.The Rio Grande Valley offers an excellent atmosphere for
journalists looking to expand their enterprise reporting.Among the
safest affordable places in the U.S, the RGV has very little crime,
great culture and the beautiful beaches of the Gulf of Mexico at
South Padre Island.This is a Full Time positionHave a passion for
storytelling and aggressively creating good content on all
platforms.Show strong writing skills for broadcast and digital
platformsBeing bilingual in Spanish is extremely helpful.Generate
significant enterprise local and hyper local news storiesThis
individual should be able to understand a story from its inception,
to research thesubject matter, identify the key characters and put
the story together.Work closely with a photographer-visual
storyteller to produce stories that stand out. (Weare not an MMJ
newsroom)Do active, creative and interesting stand ups and live
shotsPost daily on social media platforms including Twitter,
FacebookDevelop unique contacts and continuously cultivate
them.Pitch your own story ideas. Not rehash from the paperPerform
other tasks as required by newsroom management.JOB
REQUIREMENTSBA/BS in Journalism, Communications or related
fieldKnowledge of ENPS and Edius, a plus.Ability to work under
pressure with tight deadlinesOne (1) year minimum as a reporter at
a commercial television news operationKRGV (ABC) is located in the
warm and beautiful Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. (Harlingen
Weslaco Brownsville McAllen, Texas DMA #85) Privately owned by the
Manship family since 1964, KRGV offers its employees excellent
benefits and use of state-of-the-art technologies. Channel 5 News
is a hard news brand that drives market leading ratings in a fast
growing area with significant breaking news.KRGV-TV does not
discriminate in its employment and personnel practices because of a
persons race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age,
disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any
other legally protected status. The Federal Communications
Commission specifically prohibits discriminatory employment
practices.Informing you and your organization of the above
employment opportunity is an affirmative action on our part to
actively seek qualified minorities and women for our staff
vacancies. Through your assistance we want to ensure that our
employment opportunities are made known to members of minority
groups and to women.KRGV-TV is a drug-free and smoke-free
workplace.If you are qualified for the above vacancy send resume to
Elizabeth Gaona, Director of Human Resources, KRGV-TV, P.O. Box 5,
Weslaco, Texas 78599 or email toegaona@krgv.com.
Keywords: KRGV-TV, McAllen , News Reporter, Advertising , Mcallen, Texas
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