Keweenaw Bureau TV/RADIO News Reporter

 (Job ID: 12476)
Date Posted: 7-13-2011
Date Needed: Application Deadline:
Compensation: Work Study:
Times Needed: Daily schedule of approximately 6 am – 2 pm
Qualifications: WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF CURRENT LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL NEWS AND EVENTS. THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL NEED TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN GOOD RELATIONS WITH NEWS SOURCES AND MUST HAVE STRONG WRITING SKILLS AND GOOD ON-AIR AND ON-CAMERA PRESENTATION. A STRONG WORK ETHIC, GOOD TIME MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND CREATIVITY ARE A PLUS. A COLLEGE DEGREE IN JOURNALISM, RADIO/TELEVISION OR RELATED FIELD OR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN RADIO OR TELEVISION IS PREFERRED.
Duties: THIS NEW POSITION IS BEING CREATED TO PROVIDE DAILY NEWS ON-AIR FOR OUR HOUGHTON-BASED RADIO GROUP, 97.7 THE WOLF, K-BEAR 102 AND WCCY. THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL ALSO WORK AS THE KEWEENAW BUREAU MANAGER FOR OUR ISHPEMING-BASED TV STATIONS. ABC 10 (WBUP) AND THE CW 5 (WBKP.) RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEWSWRITING, DAILY NEWS GATHERING, PRODUCING OUR KEWEENAW DAILY RADIO NEWS REPORT, ALONG WITH DAILY VIDEO FEEDS FOR EVENING TV NEWSCASTS. OUR CANDIDATE WILL HAVE FIRM WORK HOURS BUT WITH SOME FLEXIBILITY.
How to Apply
SUBMIT RESUME, COVER LETTER, REFERENCES AND DEMO REEL (OR LINK) TO RADIO GROUP GENERAL MANAGER JEFF HARJU AT 313 EAST MONTEZUMA AVENUE, HOUGHTON MICHIGAN OR E-MAIL JHARJU@UP.NET. ALSO SEND THOSE SAME MATERIALS TO TV STATION MANAGER/NEWS DIRECTOR CYNTHIA THOMPSON AT 1705 ASH STREET, ISHPEMING, MI 49849 OR E-MAIL CYNTHIA@ABC10UP.COM