What are the responsibilities and job description for the Agriculture/Environmental Reporter position at illinois?
Duties & Responsibilities
- Build a robust and diverse network of sources to help inform coverage and break new ground in reporting.
- Foster community discussion around environmental, climate and agricultural issues that are impacting the region.
- Write and produce weekly radio newscast spots and web posts.
- Work with a videographer to write, edit, and produce video features.
- Identify relevant agriculture and environmental stories, put them into context and explain them in an engaging manner in audio-rich features and digital stories.
- On Sunday between 7:00 a.m.-noon, deliver a professional on-air presentation and operate the control board when anchoring live newscasts. Back-fill on other newscasts as needed. Participate in pledge fund drives and marking activities as assigned on behalf of Illinois Public Media.