New Haven-Hartford,CT
Nexstar Media Group,Inc.
DESCRIPTION
This role is responsible for updating WTNH's website and mobile app, curating high-performing content, crafting homepage layouts driven by data, and helping to report news — everything from quick-hit local stories to breaking news and enterprise reports. This role will work on building a loyal local audience by being responsive to traffic patterns and audience interest while serving as a steward of our brands. A strong knowledge of social media platforms is expected. This role may include working early mornings, nights, and/or weekends.
This is not an on-air position.
JOB EXPERIENCE
- Report and write news quickly and accurately?
- Distribute content on WTNH.com and WTNH’s social media platforms?
- Monitor all forms of media and hunt for newsworthy content?
- Pitch and write enterprise stories that stand out from competition?
- Clip videos from newscasts and create digital-original video clips?
- Review copy and correct errors in content, grammar and punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines?
- Push engaging and breaking stories on mobile app?
- Other duties as assigned
REQUIREMENTS
- 2 years of experience in digital content and journalism
- Must have attention to detail, copy editing, grammatical and basic AP Style writing skills?
- Highly detail-oriented with excellent news judgment
- Ability to multi-task in times of breaking news, severe weather, etc.?
- Adobe Analytics and Chartbeat experience a plus
- Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere experience a plus
- Understands social media’s importance in reporting stories and delivering traffic
- Can communicate, coordinate and collaborate with other members of the newsroom?
- Schedule flexibility
- Responds well to feedback
- Regularly meets measurements of success
- Understands goals and regularly works towards achieving them
ADDITIONAL INFO
HOW TO APPLY
Apply online at: https://nexstar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/nexstar