# Multimedia Consumer Reporter

**Company**: TEGNA Inc.
**Location**: Any TEGNA Station Location
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $85,000 - $100,000
**Category**: Communications
**Industry**: Other

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tegnainc/jobs/5218092007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

## Job Overview

As a Multimedia Consumer Reporter at TEGNA Inc., you will play a crucial role in helping audiences navigate the complexities of consumer issues, personal finance, and the rising cost of living. You will be responsible for breaking exclusive consumer and money news, reporting on scams, consumer risks, and price trends, and producing clear, service-oriented journalism that empowers people to make informed decisions.

## Key Responsibilities

- Break exclusive consumer and money news using strong industry sourcing

- Report on scams, consumer risks, price trends, and shifts affecting Americans' everyday finances

- Produce clear, service-oriented journalism that helps people save money, avoid harms, and make informed decisions

- Pitch and deliver enterprise and accountability stories on consumer issues, corporate behavior, and economic pressures

- Write fast, accurate digital articles with sharp takeaways and actionable context

- Create and publish engaging vertical videos that bring your stories to life on social and mobile platforms

- Join anchors for conversational, on-camera segments explaining what your reporting means for consumers

- Monitor data, documents, complaints, and national consumer trends to spot patterns early

- Collaborate with editors, video producers, and national teams to deliver stories across platforms

- Monitor performance data across markets to identify which consumer stories resonate and why

- Partner with local markets to amplify consumer stories, share sourcing and expertise

## Requirements

- 1-2 years of experience covering consumer, business, finance, or economy stories at a high level

- 5+ years of print or television news reporting experience

- Strong, active sourcing across consumer industries, regulators, watchdogs, and experts

- Proven ability to break news and produce exclusive, high-impact stories

- Excellent writing skills with a knack for clarity and service journalism

- Experience creating short-form vertical video (TikTok, Reels, Shorts) with on-camera presence

- Comfortable explaining complex topics in an accessible, conversational way,live and unscripted

- Strong understanding of cost-of-living issues, price dynamics, scams, consumer protections, and personal finance trends

- Ability to work quickly under deadline while maintaining accuracy and context

- A collaborative mindset and willingness to experiment with formats and storytelling styles

## Benefits

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental, and financial health of our employees and their families. These benefits include:

- Medical, dental, and eye care coverage

- Fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance

- Disability and life insurance

- 401(k) program with company match

- Virtual doctor's appointments and therapy sessions

- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit and paid holidays

## Skills

### Required
- consumer reporting
- news breaking
- video production
- writing
- on-camera presence
- data analysis
- collaboration

### Nice to have
- vertical video creation
- TikTok
- Reels
- Shorts
- service journalism

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