CAPITAL BUREAU REPORTER - WCTV

About Gray Media:

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 45 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

About WCTV:

Tallahassee is a fast-paced and exciting environment, with no shortage of stories that resonate with residents and visitors across the entire Sunshine State. Gray Media owns and operates television stations and digital properties across Florida, all powered by tight-knit teams of passionate journalists in well-established newsrooms. This Bureau Chief/MMJ will serve on all of those teams, generating multiple planned stories daily, and pivoting into breaking coverage as the news day evolves.
This Bureau Chief must be equally comfortable maintaining an editorial calendar as s/he is with developing sources, and seeing the possible when challenges arise. S/He will strive to be a best practices MMJ/Reporter, enthusiastically balancing people-driven visual storytelling, with adlibbed live shots, talkbacks, and debriefs. S/He will also help produce small-bite content delivered by teammates at the station level. This teammate is considered a newsroom leader, seeking and implementing feedback from stations to up his/her game given an ever-changing media landscape.

Job Summary/Description:

Gray Media Group is recruiting an experienced and competitive Bureau Chief/MMJ who thrives covering politics and statewide issues in the capital of the third-largest state in the country, with a Governor who continually generates national news. The position is based in Tallahassee, Florida, and is a unique opportunity to become the face of Florida Political Coverage for multiple markets on digital and broadcast platforms.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

- Generating content and maintaining a weekly coverage calendar that Florida stations will access
- Building contacts and maintaining a network of strong, reliable sources
- Demonstrated knowledge of covering complex government and politics stories with accuracy and balance
- Organizing coverage plans with the photographer/producer and dividing up duties as necessary
- Compelling live reporting, including daily coverage during legislative sessions, breaking news, and enterprise stories
- Producing streaming content that will serve digital platforms
- Coordinating live shots for Gray affiliates in multiple Florida markets

Qualifications/Requirements:

- 3+ years as an MMJ or reporter in a television newsroom; state house experience in a capital city preferred
- Substantial knowledge of politics and government issues, and a passion for reporting on these topics
- A demonstrated track record of engaging, “happening now” live shots, scripted and unscripted coverage
- Good news judgment and journalistic integrity
- BS/BA in journalism or communications
- A valid driver`s license and good driving record
- Experience with live equipment such as TVU and LiveU

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