About Gray Media:
Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.
About WWSB:
Live, work, and play in a very unique media market that so many vacationers call a top destination. WWSB-TV is the ABC Television station serving Sarasota & Manatee Counties on the Suncoast of Southwest Florida. Beautiful, postcard-worthy views are bountiful, and so are the opportunities to enjoy the Florida lifestyle. Yes, the beaches are minutes away. So are some of the top attractions in Tampa Bay, Orlando, and South Florida. You're a quick ride from some of the most popular theme parks and cruise ports. While visitors come and go, our station and our newsroom are committed to serving the thousands upon thousands of people who call the Suncoast home. You'll find a special emphasis on covering news with a hyperlocal focus, while embracing the best practices found in some of the region's top markets.
Job Summary/Description:
Sarasota's ABC7 is hiring a REPORTER/MMJ. You'll break news on digital, push it on social platforms, and add immediacy and context live in our newscasts. Ultimately, you'll tell people stories vital to Florida's Gulf Coast.
WWSB-TV / ABC7 in Sarasota, Florida, is searching for our next Multi-Media Journalist. This person should consider themselves both a Digital First innovator and a Lead Story Reporter.
Our MMJs are team players and serve our community. They partner with producers and managers to break and ultimately update their coverage. Most stories are day-turns, but we also want to grow a culture of planning, yielding special enterprise coverage.
As an MMJ, you’ll go live multiple times a day. Our teammates are just as comfortable delivering breaking news in the field as they are from our newsroom and our CTV / Live Desk.
You’ll be expected to strive for excellence with lighting, visual sequencing, including natural sound and emotionally driven soundbites. We want you to focus on lead stories by developing strong sources.
Ultimately, this is a chance to challenge yourself, have fun, and track your growth. A positive attitude and ability to engage our audience on-air and on digital platforms is a must.
NOTE: WWSB-TV monitors and regularly covers extreme weather threats, including strong Tropical Storms and Hurricanes. All journalists play a vital role in the ABC7 newsroom response, helping connect viewers and digital users with life-saving news and information. Safety is always our top priority, and all teammates and management are required to be present at the station to serve our local community before, during, and after a storm.
Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Develop and maintain contacts with local newsmakers and experts
• Pitched confirmed ideas in daily editorial meetings
• Shoot, edit, and file assigned news reports in television, digital, and social formats
• Produce live enterprise and breaking stories using MMJ workflows
• Deliver content with clean, engaging, and thoughtful delivery
• Write and post real-time updates on digital and social platforms
• Engage the audience through social channels and personal appearances
• Ability to partner with newsroom managers and teammates, and to work in a team
• Maintain assigned gear and news vehicle, including filing reports and dropping off gear/car for service when needed.
Qualifications/Requirements:
* Excellent writing, storytelling, and editing skills
* Solid news judgment
* Must be able to report in a broad range of styles with good on-air presentation skills
* Work under pressure
* Familiarity with all distribution platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, etc.
* A Bachelor`s Degree in Broadcast Journalism or equivalent is required
* Motor Vehicle Records checks are required
If you feel you’re qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on "apply now", upload your resume, cover letter, and references
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
WWSB-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company
Additional Info:
Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
Gray Media encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus before the first workday.
