Multimedia Journalist Job at Entercom Communications in Dallas

Overview

Job Title : Multimedia Journalist

Department : Programming

Reporting To : TWIN Traffic Operations Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time

Location(s) : Dallas, TX

Work Arrangement : On-Site

NewsRadio 1080 KRLD, Dallas-Fort Worth and Texas State Networks is looking for its next full-time Multimedia Journalist. The ideal candidate is an upbeat, positive, and motivated news junkie who thrives in a fast-paced environment where content is driven by audience demands, breaking news, severe weather, and coverage of major traffic incidents.

In this unique and exciting role as a multimedia journalist, you will serve as an editor, anchor, reporter, digital and social content creator for NewsRadio 1080 KRLD’s multiple distribution platforms, including Texas State Networks. The skills utilized may be different each day, based on staffing, content, and audience demands.

This full-time position would include a Monday through Friday schedule and may include on-call duties as needed.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do :

• Stay up to date on current affairs and content planning for the day / week.
• Gather, write, record, edit and deliver news, traffic & weather content, including live coverage from the studio or from the field on KRLD, Texas State Networks, or associated distribution platforms.
• Identify great audio, write and edit urgent and compelling copy for stories.
• Assemble / stack, and edit newscasts delivered by another anchor and / or by you, free of any political or social biases.
• Anchor multi-hour news shifts on KRLD and / or Texas State Networks.
• Interview newsmakers and news reactors, including the general public.
• Development and research of potential news stories, using all newsroom resources, including non-traditional and social media, to identify potential news stories relevant to KRLD’s strategy and target audience.
• Organize, develop, and coordinate assignments with reporters during hours associated with Editing.
• Communicate and coordinate with KRLD meteorologist and / or traffic teams during changing weather conditions, severe weather, and significant traffic incidents.
• Creatively pursue new ways of presenting stories so that they have the most impact on the audience.
• Contribute to team editorial meetings with story ideas.
• Learn, understand, and be able to follow and implement KRLD strategy and Audacy policy and procedures.
• Alert management to content that is questionable or that may be in violation of FCC, corporate or station policies and regulations.
• Other duties as required by management.

Qualifications

Required :

Preferred :

Important Notes

Please be aware that Audacy will never ask you to send money at any point during the hiring process. Communication from legitimate Audacy representatives will only come from email addresses ending in @audacy.com . If you receive any suspicious requests or communications, please verify their authenticity before responding.

About Us

Audacy is a scaled, leading multi-platform audio content and entertainment company differentiated by its exclusive, premium audio content. Audacy operates one of the country’s two scaled radio broadcasting groups with leading positions across the country’s largest markets, as well as one of the country’s largest podcast networks and the Audacy direct-to-consumer streaming platform. Audacy is a major event producer and a digital marketing solutions provider and is the unrivaled leader in local news and sports radio. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com, Facebook, X, LinkedIn and Instagram.

EEO

Audacy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex / gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-610-660-5614. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.

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