About Gray Media:
Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.
About WWNY:
Since 1954, WWNY-TV has been a broadcast leader and pioneer for our television audience in the north country. We are a broadcast visionary. We are known for our state-of-the-art facility and premier technology. Often the first to integrate innovative broadcasting products into our production and news departments. We bring big city production and professionalism to upstate New York and have a dedicated, award-winning staff both in front of---and behind the cameras. Geographically, we’re nestled between Lake Ontario, the 1000 Islands, Southeast Ontario, Canada, the St. Lawrence Seaway, and the beautiful Adirondacks. This region offers an abundance of recreation and a plethora of things to do.
Job Summary/Description:
Edit and produce video clips that need to be inserted into news rundowns for broadcasts. Additionally, this position requires the employee to produce news stories on our website and add video to many online stories. The position is Part-Time and the Salary/Wage is $15.50/hr.
Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Write and produce news, sports, and weather stories for our website.
- Add video to some stories on our website.
- Shoot, breaking news when it happens.
- Learning how to operate our digital news desk to help produce segments.
- Proper news writing / AP style is important.
- Have correct news judgment.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Understand AP newsroom software
- Degree in Broadcast Journalism, or similar
- Ability to learn editing software
- Work as a team in a busy newsroom
- Know and understand AP newsroom writing
If you feel you’re qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on "apply now", upload your resume, cover letter, and references.
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
WWNY-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company
Additional Info:
Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
Gray Media encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus before the first workday.