Editor/Photographer - Wdbj
Listed on 2025-11-20
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Creative Arts/Media
Video Production, Digital Media / Production, Broadcasting, Graphic Designer
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.
Gray Media also owns Gray Digital Media, a full‑service digital agency, and other media properties including video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, Power Nation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.
WDBJ7, WZBJ
24, and are a Gray‑owned, dominant CBS‑affiliated media powerhouse in beautiful Roanoke, Virginia. Known as “Your Hometown Station®,” WDBJ7 and WZBJ
24 serve 26 counties across the Blue Ridge Mountain region and produce 58 hours of award‑winning local news coverage, more than any of its competitors in the Roanoke‑Lynchburg market. For more than 69 years, WDBJ7 has been the number one station of choice for viewers from Roanoke to Lynchburg and across the New River Valley.
The #1 station in the 70th largest market in the country is looking for an employee with multiple skills who is willing to wear many hats in the newsroom. The person we will hire will edit newscasts, shoot news and sporting events, as well as work with MMJs and anchors on packages.
Duties / Responsibilities- Edit video and audio for broadcast, promos, and teases
- Edit and ingest news video from networks and other sources for broadcast
- Demonstrate sound news judgment and ability to tell stories with pictures and natural sound
- Use non‑linear editing equipment on a daily basis
- Serve as a visual storyteller
- Communicate with reporters, writers, and producers on video needed for news stories
- Keep track of edited news stories for broadcast; maintain archive
- Respond to breaking news or urgent newsroom situations
- Ensure all goals and objectives are met and training sessions are attended
- Show drive to grow and learn, offering creativity every day
- Work well with co‑workers and maintain a professional manner
- Provide critique, feedback, and training to others
- Observe all safety regulations in the house
- Load raw video and still photos to the website prior to editing the television video
- Communicate with the web staff during breaking news
- Manage storage space in video clip bins and maintain a still photo library
- Explore ways to increase visual content on the website
- Have working knowledge of local geography and road routes (strongly preferred)
- Follow clothing and appearance guidelines
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Work evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed
- Able to edit stories, work with producers and reporters
- Ability to edit video and still photos to match the story for on‑air for online
- Knowledge of how to appropriately use NAT sound
- Possess ability to edit on non‑linear equipment and adapt to new technology
- Generate story ideas; identify potential stories
- Operate Microsoft Windows software
- Basic knowledge of news‑related software preferred; basic knowledge of web posting software
- Work well under pressure with limited supervision and daily deadlines
- Stay current with national and local news and weather
- Strong initiative and attention to detail
- Remain positive and foster a positive work environment
- Understand and follow the journalistic code of ethics
- Work well with others in challenging environments to produce the best product for the viewer
- Have working knowledge of ENG trucks
- Basic knowledge of social media
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