[ Job Board ]

• Listen to multiple police, fire scanners and dispatch crews to breaking news???must have great “scanner ears”
• Gather and organize press releases, emails, phone calls and viewer tips. Decide which will yield compelling content for newscasts
• Monitor multiple social media accounts to gather content and communicate with news makers; Set up interviews, confirm important stories
• Assist news management with content gathering and planning
• Assist producers, digital editors and reporters with story gathering
• Keep track of crews in the field, assign gear, cars, and communicate with them
• Furnish content and post it to all digital platforms

Requirements

• Experience listening to police scanners
• Can gather information from multiple sources simultaneously and quickly push it out to anchors, reporters, producers, and digital editors
• Experience with digital platforms, especially social media.
• Familiar with local newsgathering technology such as TVU, Satellite and microwave trucks
• Maintain professional working relationships with newsmakers
• Be able to remain calm and level-headed during breaking news situations
• Understanding of courts, legislative system a plus
• Willing to work a variety of shifts including weekends and nights
• Related military experience will be considered
• In-person attendance is required

Diversity Statement

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That’s why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.

Benefits

Hearst’s benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.

• Medical | Dental | Vision
• 401(k) matching
• Emotional Wellness Support
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• LGBTQ+ Health Services
• Additional benefits to meet your and your family’s needs