WGLT Reporter, FTE

Job Summary

This position is responsible for reporting, writing, editing, hosting, and producing news and other programming and content for dissemination on multiple WGLT delivery platforms, including on-air and digital, as assigned by supervisor(s).

• Insurance benefits including health, dental, vision, and life
• Retirement and supplemental retirement planning options
• Tuition waiver benefits for staff and eligible dependents
• Paid holiday and administrative closures during Thanksgiving and Winter Breaks
• Paid benefit time

$24.00 per hour

• Bachelor's degree in mass communications, journalism, media management, or similar.
• Experience as public broadcasting host, reporter or producer.
• Knowledge of Central Illinois and statewide news issues and personalities.
• Ability to gather information through interviews and then write clear and concise stories to engage an audience.
• Familiarity with a wide range of current information in many disciplines touching on the public and cultural life of the nation and the local community.
• Ability to provide summaries and overviews of issues and events as they develop in public discourse.
• Ability to quickly absorb information and locate and synthesize disparate sources of data.
• Familiarity with data processing skills, social media, media consumption, the internet, public records and documents, governmental bodies, and the community that the radio station serves.
• Knowledge of generally accepted journalistic standards of objectivity, fairness, and balance when editing own work and the work of others, as well as working knowledge of The Associated Press Stylebook.
• Ability to balance competing priorities and work on tight daily deadlines and longer term projects with a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to comfortably interact with the general public.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Understanding of best practices for using social media platforms to disseminate and source news stories.

Schedule is typically between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, but will vary as assignments warrant. This is a 75% FTE position.

July 2026

This position is subject to a criminal background investigation and if applicable, an employment history review, based on University Policy 3.1.30 and any offer of employment is contingent upon you passing a satisfactory criminal background investigation and/or an employment history review. You may not begin work until the criminal background investigation results have been received and cleared by Human Resources.

Illinois State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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