KRGV TV Channel 5 News (ABC) in the McAllen-Weslaco-Brownsville market is looking for a dynamic News Reporter to join the largest news operation in South Texas.

 

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 position

RESPONSIBILITIES:

·         Have a passion for storytelling and aggressively creating good content on all platforms.

·         Show strong writing skills for broadcast and digital platforms

·         Being bilingual in Spanish is extremely helpful.

·         Generate significant enterprise local and hyper local news stories

·         This individual should be able to understand a story from its inception, to research the

       subject matter, identify the key characters and put the story together.

·         Work closely with a photographer-visual storyteller to produce stories that stand out. (We

       are not an MMJ newsroom)

·         Do active, creative and interesting stand ups and live shots

·         Post daily on social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook

·         Develop unique contacts and continuously cultivate them.

·         Pitch your own story ideas. Not rehash from the paper

·         Perform other tasks as required by newsroom management.

 

JOB REQUIREMENTS

·         BA/BS in Journalism, Communications or related field

·         Knowledge of ENPS and Edius, a plus.

·         Ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines

·         1 year minimum as a reporter at a commercial television news operation