Description

Position Summary: This role is responsible for updating the KNWA/FOX24 news website, curating local content, crafting homepage layouts driven by data, and helping to report the news -- everything from quick-hit local stories to breaking news and enterprise reports. The successful candidate will have strong writing skills, an aptitude for social media, and a passion for content creation.

The ability to shoot and edit video is desirable for the role, as well. Above all, we're looking for someone with an optimistic outlook and a winning attitude.

Responsibilities:

• Prepares, writes, copy-edits and posts news, community and promotional content on the station's website, mobile apps and other social media accounts
• Ensures factual, grammatical and legal accuracy online and upholds the station's established journalistic standards
• Monitors real-time metrics to guide content decisions and reviews past story performance to identify topics of interest to our audience
• Works closely with the greater newsroom and station to have online content properly published
• Monitors local and statewide topics and pitches trending & high-interest stories
• Finds ways to convert one-time and regular visitors into loyal followers
• Strong writing and editing skills, attention to detail
• Ability to function under tight deadlines and shifting priorities
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements & Skills:

• Requirements & Skills:
• Degree in Journalism or a related field, or experience as a digital content producer or related experience
• Excellent writing and editing skills, attention to detail
• Ability to take complicated facts and data and relay them in easy to understand, fair, and accurate stories
• Familiarity with news writing and journalistic standards
• Ability to function under the pressure of tight deadlines
• Must have strong news judgment and work with the online team and greater newsroom to plan daily and long-term content
• Strong multi-tasking abilities and quick decision-making

If interested, apply online now or email resume to Jesse Cordova, at jcordova@knwa.com .

Northwest Arkansas is a rapidly growing and vibrant community filled with rolling hills, rivers, lakes and Fortune 500 company headquarters. Our population just crossed 500k and is rising. Why? Because high-end business industries are here and they are bringing in some of the best talent in their fields, cost of living is low, quality of living is high and we fill up our days/nights with world-class museums, performing arts centers, major sporting venues, amazing concerts, fantastic foodie destinations and tons of community-centric events.

In fact, U.S. News ranks Fayetteville as one of the best places to live in the country: http://realestate.usnews.com/places/arkansas/fayetteville

Our newsroom is forward-thinking and built on a strong emphasis of positive reinforcement, feedback, growth and development of talent and a desire to win. We are consistently winning awards from our local audiences for our commitment to our community and our service-centered sense of duty. Whether you are looking for a place to settle in or a place to equip yourself and launch into that "big step" - we have a proven track record of providing both outcomes.