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MULTI-PLATFORM JOURNALIST
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A Reporter investigates and reports on news events and stories. Gathers information from interviews, site visits and background research, and writes reports for news and media outlets. May edit news stories or write news commentary. Covers a particular territory or specializes in a topic such as politics, sports, on an industry. Works for a news service or media company, or works freelance and takes assignments from news organizations.
$49,853 / year median in Kentucky
-17% projected decline
Job Description
WPSD Local 6, the NBC affiliate in Paducah, KY, The Paducah Sun and our affiliated newspapers are hiring a Multi-Platform Journalist. You will primarily report and write for The Paducah Sun, but you could also report and write for our other newspapers, magazines, websites, television newscasts and social media. As a storyteller, you know how to balance hard news reporting with the emotional stories of the people that make up our communities. You are a writer who can go beyond the assignment file and enterprise important stories. You look beyond the event in front of you and find the effects this event will have on the communities about which you report. Your work will be creative, compelling, and relatable content that appears across our network of seven newspapers in Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois, and NBC affiliate WPSD Local 6. You will be based at WPSD Local 6. This is a full-time position with benefits. Submit your resume, references, demo reel and writing samples to News Director/Executive Editor Jeff Bidwell at jbidwell@WPSDLocal6.com.