Breaking News Political Reporter Jobs in Florida

Aggregates stories from other published sources with the appropriate care to facts, verification and attribution.

Able to assess results and make ongoing coverage decisions based on readership and other measures.

Uses social media daily to gather information and to report developments.

Produces visuals, including video, from breaking or enterprise news that can be used on social and on all myrtlebeachonline.com platforms.

Emphasizes accuracy and uses practices that ensure accuracy.

Adopts the best search engine optimization approaches as shared by company experts and editors.

To attend all relevant skill building workshops as requested.

Know the news stories of the day (local, national, international).

Provide in-house and field reporting.

Gather story information, write and deliver recorded or live reports.

Be aware of legal issues relating to newsgathering and editorial content.

Set-up and conduct recorded and live interviews.

Skillfully use content management systems

Experience working with content management systems, databases and other tools.

Patience and experience in working with staffers at all skill levels, from interns to veteran reporters.

Minimum of two years’ experience editing and leading reporters in a daily newsroom.

Excellent story-editing and story-development skills.

Strong organizational and planning skills.

Must be a self-starter, able to work independently, have outstanding time management skills and complete required assignments on deadline.

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TYPICAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION:

Complete exempt time sheet completely, accurately and on deadline

Work varied hours, holidays, weekends and during severe weather situations as needed and/or scheduled

Problem Solving and Decision Making