What are the responsibilities and job description for the Multimedia Journalist position at Reach Media LLC?
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The Multimedia Journalist who will be working with a team in a busy newsroom. This individual will be responsible for creating imaginative, accurate and engaging news content for TV, on-line and social media output. The Multimedia Journalist will be required to perform tasks from beginning to end regarding producing, and airing of new bulletins, and shows.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Will be responsible originate, research, write, produce, and present material using text, stills, audio and video as required.
- Accurately and impartially, cover stories and events and put them into an appropriate context to meet the audience's needs.
- Produce content for TV that may include news stories, live coverage, sequences, interviews, packages, discussions, background pieces, analysis, and features.
- Will be required, on-line and social media, to write and use video, audio, stills and graphics to produce news articles, features, engaging posts and interactive material.
- Responsible for moving a story forward, by amending and updating material as required.
- Research, report, write, translate, and adapt existing stories or programmed material from English into Farsi.
- From time to time, will be required to report in text, stills, audio or video from the field in a range of formats for all Iran International Television platforms.
- Act as Outputter under the direct supervision of an Editor as required.
- Operate the Autocue as required.
- Will be required to anchor or present TV content.
- Foreign travel may be necessary.
- Carry out any other tasks as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Well-networked within the television production and news operations world
- Recent and relevant broadcast news or multimedia experience.
- A wide and up-to-date knowledge of Iranian and international affairs.
- In-depth understanding of Iran’s history, politics, social issues and culture as well as the changing needs of the audience.
- Farsi as your first (or equivalent) language, fluency in English, and the ability to write, translate and adapt material accurately and to tight deadlines.
- The ability to produce original material and preferably, the ability to adapt stories for multimedia output.
- Must have sufficiently strong story development skills to submit original story ideas daily
- The ability to report from the field as required.
- Suitable voice and presentation skills (training can be provided but some experience essential).
- The ability to exercise editorial judgement and display an understating of the law as it relates to journalism.
- Excellent contacts within Iran and the Iranian diaspora across politics, culture, social issues, business, and sport.
- Must be able to develop sources, work a beat, and break stories
- Must have strong on-camera skills
- Must have ability to organize and manage multiple priorities and work under time pressure deadline
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- This position is expected to work on a Rota basis (no fixed hours) and working patterns should be flexible to change, based on operational requirements.
- Required to work from the Washington, DC
- Required to anchor or present News content
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- 3 years’ experience in television news reporting
- Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, Communications or related field or comparable television work experience preferred.
- Experience working internationally preferred
- Bilingual in Farsi/English
Salary : $75,000 - $80,000