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Employer
Wake Forest University
Location
Reynolda Campus

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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

Job Details

Job location: Reynolda Campus


Employment Type: Full-time
Posted data: 2019-04-23
Req: R0001601
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Job Description Summary

Covers general news topics of importance, creates news stories, and creates web versions of broadcast stories and shares them on social media platforms. Creates in-depth radio features and special reports as assigned.

Job Description

Essential Functions:

  • Researches, writes, and creates news content for on-air broadcast and the web. Selects and researches topics; contacts and interviews sources; maintains notes and audio recordings.
  • Reports stories in appropriate forms for broadcast.
  • Contributes original news stories to regional and national networks, occasionally.   
  • Responsible for knowing, and/or being trained, on the operation of studio and field recording equipment and staying current on editing software used by the station
  • Anchors newscasts or host on-air programs, occasionally.
  • Maintains contact lists and files for on-going continuity of coverage and accumulation of knowledge.
  • Participates in the creative cycle of story and program origination with News Team.
  • Responsible for appropriate record keeping, correspondence, phone calls, supplies and equipment and other duties as assigned.
  • Participates in station membership campaigns and community-building events.

Required Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and at least one year full-time professional, experience in journalism.
  • Experience in news-gathering, writing, editing and radio and web production for short-form and long-form reports.
  • Demonstrated ability to work within a live broadcast environment.
  • Displays knowledge of and adherence to high ethical and audio/work standards.
  • Possesses effective communication and interpersonal skills. Must have excellent grammar and spelling skills.
  • Must have excellent memory for details, be able to meet daily deadlines under pressure and deal effectively with simultaneous tasks.
  • Ability to travel, as required.
  • Skills required also include on-line research, word processing, digital editing, basic photography and operation of light office equipment. Must show experience in posting information to a content management system for web site publishing and posting to social media sites.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, the internet, and other relevant software.
  • Ability to handle sensitive information in a confidential manner.
  • Ability to present and display professional demeanor at all times.
  • Ability to meet the requirements of the University’s automobile insurance, including valid driver license.

Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • A familiarity with public radio news programming.
  • Possesses broad knowledge of local and regional issues — and/or depth of knowledge in beat specialty.
  • A track record of network story contributions.
  • Ability to learn quickly and be flexible.
  • Ability to work well both independently and in a small group.
  • Ability to lift light equipment (approximately 5-10 pounds).

Accountabilities:

  • Responsible for own work.
** Cover letter required for all positions and optional for facilities, campus services, and hospitality positions unless otherwise specified.

Additional Job Description

Time Type Requirement

Full timeNote to Applicant:This position profile identifies the key responsibilities and expectations for performance. It cannot encompass all specific job tasks that an employee may be required to perform. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform job-related duties as may be reasonably assigned by his/her supervisor.

In order to provide a safe and productive learning and living community, Wake Forest University conducts background investigations and drug screens for all final staff candidates being considered for employment.

Wake Forest seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce, and encourages qualified candidates across all group demographics to apply.

Organization

Wake Forest University, formed in 1834, has experienced decades of growth and innovation.  WFU is a distinctive university that combines a liberal arts core with graduate and professional schools and innovative research programs.  The University embraces the teacher-scholar ideal, which prizes the personal interaction between students and faculty.  It is a place where exceptional teaching, fundamental research and discovery, and the engagement of faculty and students in the classroom and the laboratory are paramount.

Wake Forest University is a community that seeks the enlightenment and freedom which come through diligent study and learning. Its higher goal, however, is to give life to the University motto "Pro Humanitate," as members translate a passion for knowledge into compassionate service. The community shares a tradition that embraces freedom and integrity and acknowledges the worth of the individual. The heritage, established by the school's founders and nurtured by succeeding generations, promotes a democratic spirit arising from open-mindedness and discourse. Wake Forest fosters compassion and caring for others. Its collective strength and character are derived from the values and distinctive experiences of each individual; therefore, it affirms the richness of human intellect and culture and its contribution to knowledge, faith, reason, and dialogue. Furthermore, it strives toward a society in which good will, respect, and equality prevail. To that end, Wake Forest University rejects hatred and bigotry in any form and promotes justice, honor, and mutual trust.​

The University is comprised of:  the undergraduate college, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of Divinity, School of Law, and School of Medicine (located on the Bowman Gray campus with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center) and today enrolls about 4,846 undergraduates and 2,823 students in graduate programs at its principal location, the Reynolda campus.  Students at Wake Forest University enjoy a great deal of access to and interaction with world-class faculty both in and out of the classroom setting with a student-faculty ratio of 11:1.  Wake Forest employs approximately 2,772 full and part-time faculty and staff.

Wake Forest is a collegiate university offering a vibrant, intellectual community with a rich cultural life, an impressive array of facilities, and a strong athletics program competing in the fifteen-team Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).  Since its founding, the university has adopted the motto “pro humanitate,” which is exemplified by a deep institutional commitment to public service and engagement with the world. Wake Forest has a strong commitment to holistic, eight-dimensional well-being for students, faculty and staff as evidenced in the Thrive initiative.

Winston-Salem, NC

Wake Forest is located in Winston-Salem, NC, a beautiful, mid-sized city centrally located in the Piedmont-Triad region of North Carolina.  Winston-Salem is a family-friendly city with high quality schools, numerous outdoor recreational activities and events, and is known for its vibrant and thriving arts scene.

Winston-Salem residents enjoy close proximity to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains (1.5 hours) and Atlantic beaches (4 hours), a moderate climate with four distinct seasons, a very reasonable cost of living, and an eclectic variety of restaurants, wine bars, and breweries for dining with friends and family.  Winston-Salem offers many of the amenities of a large city but with the sense of community and quality of life of a smaller town (www.visitwinstonsalem.com).

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