KABC General Assignment Reporter
Disney Entertainment Television
Glendale, CAFreelance Job
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Position: Freelance General Assignment Reporter
Salary Information: $46.00 per hour (Glendale, CA)
Workplace Requirements: On-site
Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree required
Experience:
- Multiple market experience
- Experience with live reporting and handling breaking news
Hard Skills:
- Proficiency with Adobe Premiere
- Experience shooting with a phone or small camera
Soft Skills:
- Strong journalism, storytelling, and content creation skills for various platforms
- Ability to work collaboratively on content and generate new ideas
- Comfort with live breaking news coverage in field or studio settings
- Ability to work well under deadline pressure
- Flexibility to work early mornings, late nights, and weekends
Job Description:
ABC7 Los Angeles is seeking a multi-skilled freelance reporter to cover significant local stories and their impact on the community. The role requires creating unique, shareable stories for television, digital, social, and streaming platforms.
Job Responsibilities:
- Create and share stories across television, digital, social, and streaming platforms.
- Collaborate on content ideas and execution.
- Handle live breaking news situations in the field or studio.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Local news anchoring or fill-in anchoring experience
- Weather forecasting and anchoring experience
- Bilingual abilities
Required Skills:
- Adobe Premiere, video shooting, journalism, storytelling, collaborative content creation, live reporting, deadline management.
Salary/Benefits
$46.00 per hour