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KRGV TV Channel 5 News (ABC) in the McAllen-Weslaco-Brownsville market is looking for a dynamic News Reporter to join the largest news operation in South Texas.
The successful candidate will be someone who has the ability to develop contacts and online sources to get a story that is uniquely yours. You must be able to dig, to find a story. The right candidate must have a minimum of 1-year experience reporting on-air at a commercial television news operation.
The Rio Grande Valley offers an excellent atmosphere for journalists looking to expand their enterprise reporting. Among the safest and affordable places in the U.S., the RGV has very little crime, great culture and the beautiful beaches of the Gulf of Mexico at South Padre Island.
This is a Full-Time position
Responsibilities
Noticias RGV “La Voz del Valle” is the only Spanish News station that brings news coverage you can trust from the most experienced news team in the Valley.
KRGV-TV does not discriminate in its employment and personnel practices because of a person’s race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. The Federal Communications Commission specifically prohibits discriminatory employment practices.
Informing you and your organization of the above employment opportunity is an affirmative action on our part to actively seek qualified minorities and women for our staff vacancies. Through your assistance we want to ensure that our employment opportunities are made known to members of minority groups and to women.
KRGV-TV is a drug-free and smoke-free workplace.
If you are qualified for the above vacancy send resume to Elizabeth Gaona, Director of Human Resources, KRGV-TV, P.O. Box 5, Weslaco, Texas 78599 or email to
[email protected]
The successful candidate will be someone who has the ability to develop contacts and online sources to get a story that is uniquely yours. You must be able to dig, to find a story. The right candidate must have a minimum of 1-year experience reporting on-air at a commercial television news operation.
The Rio Grande Valley offers an excellent atmosphere for journalists looking to expand their enterprise reporting. Among the safest and affordable places in the U.S., the RGV has very little crime, great culture and the beautiful beaches of the Gulf of Mexico at South Padre Island.
This is a Full-Time position
Responsibilities
- Have a passion for storytelling and aggressively creating good content on all platforms.
- Show strong writing skills for broadcast and digital platforms
- Bilingual in Spanish is extremely helpful
- Generate significant enterprise local and hyper local news stories
- This individual should be able to understand a story from its inception, to research the
- Work closely with a photographer-visual storyteller to produce stories that stand out.
- Do active, creative and interesting stand-ups and live shots. Tell us a story
- Post daily on social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook
- Develop unique contacts and continuously cultivate them.
- Pitch your own story. Not rehash from the paper
- Perform other tasks as required by newsroom management.
- BA/BS in Journalism, Communications or related field
- Knowledge of ENPS and Edius, a plus.
- Ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines
- 1 year minimum as a reporter at a commercial television news operation
Noticias RGV “La Voz del Valle” is the only Spanish News station that brings news coverage you can trust from the most experienced news team in the Valley.
KRGV-TV does not discriminate in its employment and personnel practices because of a person’s race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. The Federal Communications Commission specifically prohibits discriminatory employment practices.
Informing you and your organization of the above employment opportunity is an affirmative action on our part to actively seek qualified minorities and women for our staff vacancies. Through your assistance we want to ensure that our employment opportunities are made known to members of minority groups and to women.
KRGV-TV is a drug-free and smoke-free workplace.
If you are qualified for the above vacancy send resume to Elizabeth Gaona, Director of Human Resources, KRGV-TV, P.O. Box 5, Weslaco, Texas 78599 or email to
[email protected]
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