Meteorologist - Wala

About Gray Media

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation’s largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of U.S. television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV households.

The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray’s additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and Power Nation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

WALA FOX
10 News is the most-watched local media organization in the Mobile/Pensacola market, producing the most hours of live news, weather, and original programming for the market’s Gulf Coast. The main studio is located in Mobile, Alabama (the founding home of Mardi Gras). WALA is the oldest existing television station in the state. FOX
10 takes pride in its winning culture and its renowned and historic commitment to the community.

WALA FOX
10 News is looking for a high-energy Meteorologist who is passionate about severe weather and delivering forecasts on all platforms. The ideal candidate must be able to produce and deliver a dynamic, compelling, and understandable forecast for our newscasts and digital platforms. Accuracy is a must. You will cover severe weather with urgency, while also being reassuring. Our meteorologists contribute daily to all our platforms, including social media and Digital Streaming Apps, including Roku, Apple TV, and Fire.

You will work directly with the news team to build out our coverage and make it meaningful and relatable to our viewers. Our meteorologists also report in the field. Strong leadership and teamwork are necessary. Our weather team is involved in the newsroom and the community. The person we hire must have a positive attitude and be an ambassador for the station by making personal appearances at community events.

• Analyze weather data and prepare detailed and engaging weather forecasts
• Generate creative and engaging, content-driven live shots
• Familiarity with the WSI weather system and software is a plus
• Ability to drive long-form severe weather/event coverage solo or in a team setting, both in the studio and in the field
• Ability to multi-task, handle breaking news and breaking weather, and adapt to rapidly changing events
• Cover other meteorologists’ shifts as assigned, as well as flexibility to cover shifts during severe weather or other breaking news events
• Post daily stories to our digital platforms and social media, including online weather discussions to explain complex weather phenomena in an easy-to-understand format
• Be actively involved on the station’s social media platforms and responsive to viewer inquiries
• Work closely with the Chief Meteorologist, news management, and newscast producers

• Previous on-air experience required
• BS in Meteorology/Atmospheric Science. Seals of the National Weather Association and/or American Meteorological Society are preferred
• An engaging and comfortable on-air personality
• Ability to use judgment to prioritize tasks and assignments
• Ability to communicate effectively with newsroom managers, producers, and co-workers
• Ability to report and forecast weather accurately and creatively under deadline pressure
• Severe weather coverage experience is a plus, along with knowledge of newscast production

WALA-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company.

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