Weekend Weather/Multimedia Journalist

12/5/2025

The candidate will be responsible for creating the area’s most respected weathercast and maintaining the station’s First Alert weather brand. Duties include gathering facts, writing, shooting, and editing their own news stories for the web, TV, and social media formats.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

501-1,000 employees

Language

English

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About The Company

The roots of the News-Press & Gazette Co., or NPG, stretch back to the days of the Wild West in St. Joseph, Missouri, with the publication of the first Gazette in 1845. Headquartered today in St. Joseph, the company has been owned and operated s by the Bradley family since 1951. Now in its fourth generation, NPG now has extensive holdings in broadcast television and newspapers. NPG’s leaders are also pursuing further investments in media, technology infrastructure, manufacturing and education technology through the BERKS Group. This diversification provides a solid foundation for growth. Headquartered today in St. Joseph, the company has been owned and operated since the 1950s by the Bradley family, now in its fourth generation. Still going strong in the newspaper business, the NPG family now includes broadcast operations, spanning several states, and commercial printing. This diversification provides a solid foundation for growth. Yet, the company takes greatest pride in the quality of its employees – those who have contributed to its past successes, and the individuals and teams working tirelessly to help the company to grow and innovate today.

About the Role

NPG of Idaho, home of Local News 8 and KIDK News 3, is seeking a highly motivated dynamic and skilled Weekend Weather/MMJ to attract viewers through stories they enterprise. This position is located in Idaho Falls and will work with the area's number one news team.

The candidate will be responsible for creating the area’s most respected weathercast and maintaining the station’s First Alert weather brand. Your responsibility will be to provide the forecast for nearly two dozen cities along with some of the nation’s most popular vacation destinations, such as Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park. The candidate will be expected to perform live reporting in the field and bring enterprising story ideas to work every day. Duties include gathering facts, writing, shooting, and editing their own news stories for the web, TV and social media formats.

Qualifications include the ability to communicate, strong writing, and organizational skills, videography, video editing and have a good on-camera presence. A Bachelor degree in journalism, communication or related field is preferred.

Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, FSA, HSA, Company-paid Life & AD&D. Supplemental Life and Disability insurances are available. Additional offerings are 401(k) with employer match, Paid Time Off, Paid Sick Leave, Employee Assistance Program, Referral Program and Tuition Reimbursement.

Please include demo link with your application and source of referral.

To apply go to our website: https://localnews8.com/ under "About Us" drop down menu select Jobs.

Successful candidates must pass a background check and drug test.

No phone calls please.

NPG of Idaho is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Key Skills

CommunicationWritingOrganizational SkillsVideographyVideo EditingOn-Camera Presence