Correspondent
NBCUniversal
Universal City, CAThis is a Full Time Job
This role reports firsthand information of news events national and international. The news correspondent provides to the audience context, analysis, and different perspectives.
Responsibilities:
•Daily coverage of news events primarily from the Los Angeles bureau and surrounding areas.
•Provide live on-air reports.
•Contribute to the editorial line of the day pitching stories and exclusive reports or interviews.
•Travel to cover breaking news or scheduled news events.
•Work in a fast paced, dead-line driven environment for the late newscasts and weekend. Also, flexibility to work the early morning shift and adapt to last-minute schedule changes.
•Actively search for content in all platforms including social media and streaming.
•Write compelling and accurate scripts.
•Work in collaboration with assignment editors, executive producer, producers, and writers.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
•Bachelor's degree in journalism, Communications, or equivalent work experience
•Minimum 3 years of experience in a newsroom in Spanish
•Experience creating digital video content in a newsroom is helpful.
•Strong editorial knowledge
•Proven solid writing skills and editorial judgment. Strong storytelling
•Ability to work under tight deadlines to write headlines and edit video for live digital broadcast.
•Fluent in English and Spanish (both written and verbal)
•Available for early mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
•Social Media knowledge
Eligibility Requirements:
•Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through the link below to be considered
•Must be willing to work in the greater Miami, Florida area.
•Must be 18 years or older.
•Must have a valid driver's license.
•Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
•Must be covered by Solutions, NBCU's Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
Desired Characteristics
•Accustomed to working in a team and collaborating with all levels within the organization.
•Proven excellent people skills combined with a strong sense of how to visually tell a compelling story.
•Outside of the box thinker
•Proficient in I-News, Media Central helpful
.