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Digital Journalist/Producer (DJ/Producer) based in Miami, FL
CBS News is looking for a creative and dedicated full-time Digital Journalist (DJ) with great multitasking abilities. The primary duty of a DJ involves producing and shooting quality, compelling and creative visual content from the field. The DJ is expected to respond to breaking news stories and direct a field team that will report for all platforms. When the situation warrants, the DJ will act as a sole camera operator with a correspondent. The DJ is expected to regularly pitch story ideas, contribute to original reporting, enterprise stories and have the ability to work well under tight deadline and often in stressful situations as news dictates. The selected candidate must possess excellent interpersonal skills, initiative, willingness to work in a collaborative manner, a strong work ethic and enthusiasm for news and storytelling.
Responsibilities:
• Shoot for breaking news, day of air, features
• Able to quickly turn around critical information for air, verifying its accuracy while simultaneously getting interviews and video coverage of the news event
• Effectively juggle communicating information to the Bureau Chief, senior leadership at each news platform, control rooms, assignment desks, and their field team
• Ensure that all pictures and sound are of the highest quality and accurately recorded
• Coordinates transmission windows for live shots and feeds to the bureaus
• Provide creative input, pitch, and develop/execute original stories
• Arrange interviews and location shots and produce content under strict deadlines to ensure the story is ready for time of air
• Maintain camera gear ensuring it is in working order condition at all times
Requirements :
• Ability to shoot and edit video.
• Strong writing/reporting/package assembly skills
• Proactive, collaborative and possess a high level of creativity to tell stories with sound and images.
• Able to quickly turn around critical information for air - verifying its accuracy - while simultaneously getting live phone interviews, live video, transmissions and/or taped coverage of the news event.
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities under difficult conditions.
• Work long hours as news dictates which could include working on regular days off, weekends and overnight as this role supports a 24/7 news organization
• Able to travel with little to no notice given the demands and merits of the news assignment(s); this includes overnight travel as warranted and may include international travel.
• Assignments vary from extreme weather to environments including areas of social unrest, protests etc.
• Strong editorial, logistical and technical skills are essential.
• In depth understanding of newsgathering
• Trouble-shoot quickly and efficient in a variety of circumstances.
• Lead with a resolution focus in each situation.
• Phenomenal interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to listen and receive feedback.
• Work under consistently tight deadline pressure.
• Valid driver's license required
-Ability to read/write and converse proficiently in Spanish is preferred
QUALIFICATIONS:
• 5 years' experience as a reporter/MMJ/producer or extensive field production experience at a news organization
• Proven experience in the field, managing story development and leading newsgathering efforts, especially in breaking news.
• Bachelors' degree in Journalism, or related field preferred