Multi-Skilled Journalist

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism, engaging content, and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions, we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. For more information, visit TEGNA.com.

KVUE in Austin, Texas, seeks a dynamic, engaging, and enterprising Multi-Skilled Journalist who wants to be in one of the fastest-growing and diverse news markets in the country to join our team. The successful candidate must be deeply committed to local news, be a natural competitor - wanting to break lead stories in the Austin market consistently, and love covering breaking news and weather. In addition, they must be an excellent storyteller and developer of sources and understand the news cycle extends to multiple platforms.

Responsibilities: 

• Deliver on-air news reports engagingly and accurately.
• Enterprise compelling content that can lead shows, break news, and drive an audience to watch.
• Develop news sources for general assignments and special areas of interest.
• Need to have or develop skills to shoot, write and edit content for air as a multiskilled journalist.
• Write and post daily on all digital platforms and social media.
• Transmit and present exciting live reports.
• Perform other tasks as required by the supervisor.

Requirements: 

• 3-4 years reporting/MSJ experience.
• Austin and Texas knowledge and connections preferred.
• Journalism and/or Mass Communications degree.
• A portfolio with examples of strong breaking, general, and feature news reporting as a multi-skilled journalist.
• Ability to generate creative, engaging, and content-driven live shots.
• Strong social media skills, including an understanding of all social platforms – current and emerging.
• Organizational skills and the ability to work under constant time pressure deadlines.
• Proven social and digital content creation ability.
• Knowledge of TBD MARKET a plus ​

Benefits: 

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year. 

* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

EEO statement:

TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com 

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