KIDY, the TEGNA station in San Angelo, TX, is seeking a meteorologist and multi-skilled journalist to join our weather team. The ideal candidate for this role loves covering severe weather and understands the importance of keeping our viewers safe.

Our next meteorologist/MSJ will have strong communication skills, be a team player, have an engaging personality, and a passion for winning severe weather. This person will be a major part of severe weather coverage and must successfully sustain continuous coverage of severe weather events. This person will have a passion for forecasting and telling science stories, enterprising stories, and developing user-generated content in a way that engages all audiences on all platforms. The best candidate for this position has excellent writing, researching, and editing skills.

Working knowledge of WSI and Edius is a plus.

RESPONSIBILITIES

*Provide accurate weather forecasts using the most accurate weather technology in a multi-platform environment

• Create digital and social content multiple times a day and create differentiated weather segments for broadcast

• Produce clean and informative graphics to tell the weather story

• Interact live with the audience on multiple platforms, especially during severe or disruptive weather

• Produce, shoot, write, and edit news stories and use engaging graphics

• Communicate and guide the content teams for aggressive, smart weather coverage when our consumers need it on all platforms

• Work in the field to show various elements of severe weather situations

• Make public appearances

• Perform other tasks as required by the chief and other news managers

REQUIREMENTS

* Bachelor of Science in Meteorology preferred

• One-year on-air experience is preferred but will consider entry-level

• Demonstrated ability to provide accurate weather forecasts using the latest weather technology in a multi-platform environment

• Exceptional online and social media skills

• Must actively participate in social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

• Knowledge of WSI necessary and knowledge of Edius a plus