Digital Media Journalist

Job Description

Digital Media Journalist

Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW/tristatehomepage.com) serving the Evansville, Indiana, DMA is looking for a Digital Content Producer to research, gather, and write compelling and timely stories for the station’s website and other social media platforms and to assist in keeping all digital platforms up to date with stories, video, etc.

Job Description
• Prepares, writes, copy-edits and posts news, community and promotional content on the station’s website, mobile apps and other social media accounts
• Ensures factual, grammatical and legal accuracy online and upholds the station’s established journalistic standards
• Maintains the homepage and builds special sections for breaking news and other ongoing coverage efforts and initiatives from the station or company
• Monitors real-time metrics to guide content decisions and reviews past story performance to identify topics of interest to our audience
• Works closely with the greater newsroom and station to have online content properly published
• Monitors local and statewide topics and pitches trending & high-interest stories
• Finds new ways to convert one-time and regular visitors into loyal followers
• Excellent writing and editing skills, attention to detail
• Ability to function under tight deadlines and shifting priorities
• Ability to occasionally shoot and edit video for use online is a plus
• Able to identify tools that can be used to create content or measure its performance online
• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Skills

Excellent writing and editing skills, attention to detail
• Ability to take complicated facts and data and relay them in easy to understand, fair, and accurate stories
• Familiarity with news writing and journalistic standards
• Ability to function under the pressure of tight deadlines
• Must have strong news judgment and work with the online team and greater newsroom to plan daily and long-term content

Education Required

Degree in Journalism or a related field, or experience as a digital content producer or related experience

Benefits

Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO

How to Apply

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Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. is an EOE