KGO General Assignment Reporter
Aplicar ahora Aplique más tarde Job ID 10064191 Ubicación San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos Business Disney Entertainment Television Fecha de publicación 25/09/2023Detalles del empleo:
Disney Entertainment’s eight-owned ABC stations are multiplatform leaders in local news and information. Emmy® Award-winning station KGO-TV ABC7 is the San Francisco Bay Area’s source for breaking news, weather and live video. Widely recognized for its solution-based promise to help the Bay Area communities, the station’s initiative “Building a Better Bay Area” dedicates more time, resources and reporting to the issues that impact its viewers’ quality of life. From the local economy and education, to health and safety, to issues impacting the environment, ABC7’s focus is to bring greater perspective on the challenges currently facing neighborhoods. The station has won back-to-back Emmy Awards for Overall Excellence/News Excellence in 2019 and 2020. KGO-TV is an ABC owned television station serving San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and all of the greater Bay Area, which together comprise the nation’s sixth largest television market.
KGO-TV/ABC7 News, the ABC Owned Television station in San Francisco, is seeking a smart, dedicated and aggressive multi-skilled journalist who loves to dig and enterprise lead stories. ABC7 News is committed to Building a Better Bay Area through solutions journalism. The ideal candidate must be a passionate storyteller, brilliant multi-platform content creator, effective communicator and proven collaborator. Candidates must have a strong editorial background in a breaking news environment. Candidates must also be active users of social media for newsgathering and have a demonstrated ability to move the audience between linear and digital platforms. Applicants are expected to be able to shoot, write, and edit visually creative, memorable stories with active live reporting. A successful candidate will have a proven track record of developing contacts and sources and telling impactful stories. Our ideal candidate innovates every day and enjoys experimenting with new technology. This person must be organized and work well under pressure and constant deadlines. We want someone who brings a positive attitude every day and is receptive to feedback.
Reporters are expected to turn stories daily for newscasts, our website and for our 24/7 stream. In addition, reporters need to have an active presence in social media. Reporters must write, shoot, and edit their stories, and appear live from the field during the station’s newscast. Reporters use consumer, prosumer digital camera equipment, cell phones, and non-linear desktop editing.
Reporters must pitch original stories and develop contacts within the community.
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum of 5 years of experience anchoring/reporting in a top 50 market and a bachelor’s degree.
Candidates should have a solid resume reel showing superior on-camera presentation.
Must have excellent writing skills, possess solid news judgment and ethical decision-making skills.
Candidates should be able to shoot videos and edit stories for linear and digital on non-linear desktop editing platforms.
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of the San Francisco Bay Area
Bilingual is beneficial
Required Education:
Bachelor’s degree
Preferred Education:
Journalism or Communications degree
This position is covered under the Company’s collective bargaining agreement with SAG-AFTRA
The hiring ranage for this role in San Francisco is $141,000 - $155,000 per year. The base pay actually offered may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.
Acerca de Disney Entertainment Television:
Disney Entertainment Television es una colección de marcas de contenido de renombre de The Walt Disney Company que crea programación original de entretenimiento y noticias para las plataformas de streaming de Disney+, Hulu y Star de la compañía, y sus canales de televisión y cable. Su amplia cartera está compuesta por ABC Entertainment, ABC News, ABC Owned Television Stations, Disney Branded Television, Freeform, FX, Hulu Originals, National Geographic Content y Onyx Collective, además de Disney Television Studios, que incluye a 20th Television, 20th Television Animation, ABC Signature y Walt Disney Television Alternative. Las marcas creativas de Disney Entertainment Television están a la vanguardia de la narrativa innovadora que cautiva a las audiencias y es aclamada por la crítica, con más de 4500 horas de programación al año en más de 300 programas de todos los géneros En 2023, la excelencia en programación de Disney Entertainment Television obtuvo 163 nominaciones a los premios Emmy® en las categorías daytime, prime time, noticias y documentales, e infantil y familiar.
Acerca de The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, junto con sus subsidiarias y afiliadas, es una empresa internacional diversificada líder en entretenimiento familiar y medios de comunicación que incluye tres segmentos comerciales principales: Disney Entertainment, ESPN y Disney Experiences. Desde sus humildes comienzos como estudio de dibujos animados en la década de 1920 hasta su reconocido nombre en la industria del entretenimiento en la actualidad, Disney continúa con orgullo su legado de crear historias y experiencias de clase mundial para toda la familia. Las historias, los personajes y las experiencias de Disney llegan a consumidores e invitados de todos los rincones del mundo. Con operaciones en más de 40 países, nuestros empleados y miembros del elenco trabajan juntos para crear experiencias de entretenimiento que sean apreciadas a nivel local y global.
Este puesto es en KGO Television, Inc , que forma parte de una empresa comercial que denominamos Disney Entertainment Television.
KGO Television, Inc es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Los solicitantes serán considerados para el empleo sin distinción de raza, color, religión, sexo, edad, origen nacional, orientación sexual, identidad de género, discapacidad, condición de veterano protegido o cualquier otra en función de la legislación federal, estatal o local. Disney fomenta una cultura empresarial donde las ideas y decisiones de todas las personas nos ayudan a crecer, innovar, crear las mejores historias y ser relevantes en un mundo que cambia rápidamente.