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Univision Texas Central is looking for a motivated, competitive, and news-hungry Multimedia Journalist (MMJ) and Producer who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative newsroom and is passionate about delivering impactful journalism to our Hispanic communities.
This hybrid role combines strong newscast production skills with the initiative, creativity, independence, and on-air reporting capabilities of a multimedia journalist. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable producing compelling newscasts, developing original stories, and independently reporting from the field. As editorial needs evolve, this individual will also be expected to serve as an on-camera journalist, delivering live and pre-recorded reports, covering breaking news, and developing original stories for broadcast and digital platforms. This role requires someone who can confidently transition between producing behind the scenes and reporting in front of the camera.
We are building a newsroom culture rooted in ownership, accountability, collaboration, curiosity, and a relentless commitment to journalism. We value individuals who take initiative, communicate openly, embrace feedback, support their teammates, and approach challenges with a solutions-oriented mindset.
We believe great journalism is a shared responsibility. Every producer plays an active role in identifying stories, developing sources, verifying information, advancing coverage, and responding to breaking news. We are looking for someone who doesn’t simply wait for assignments but actively seeks opportunities to inform our audience and strengthen our coverage.
Success in this role requires more than technical ability. It requires a team-first mentality, strong editorial instincts, adaptability, and a genuine desire to contribute to a newsroom where everyone is invested in the collective success of our journalism.
YOUR DAY-DAY:
- Produce compelling, accurate, and visually engaging newscasts and/or news content for broadcast, digital, and streaming platforms.
- Identify, pitch, research, and develop original, impactful stories that matter to Hispanic audiences in San Antonio, Austin, and surrounding communities.
- Demonstrate the versatility, confidence, and editorial readiness to transition between newscast production, assignment desk responsibilities, and independent field reporting based on daily newsroom priorities and operational needs.
- Actively contribute to the daily assignment process by monitoring developing news, identifying coverage opportunities, gathering and verifying information, following up on leads, and helping advance stories throughout the day.
- Exercise strong editorial judgment when evaluating story relevance, urgency, impact, and potential for audience engagement.
- Independently report from the field as assigned, serving as a Multimedia Journalist (MMJ) responsible for researching, conducting interviews, gathering video and sound, writing scripts, editing packages, and producing complete news stories.
- Deliver live and pre-recorded on-camera reports for newscasts and digital platforms, including breaking news coverage, developing stories, and independently researched enterprise reporting. Be prepared to work in the field without an assigned photographer or additional reporting support when necessary.
- Build and organize rundowns, write compelling scripts, develop effective story treatments, and execute creative showcasing elements that strengthen the newscast.
- Develop and maintain relationships with community members, public officials, organizations, and other sources to generate original reporting and follow-up opportunities.
- Monitor news wires, scanners, social media, competing outlets, and other reliable sources to identify breaking news and developing stories.
- Coordinate closely with assignment editors, reporters, photographers, anchors, producers, and digital teams to ensure effective news gathering, timely communication, and efficient execution.
- Take initiative during breaking news and severe weather coverage, adapting quickly to changing circumstances and supporting newsroom needs in both the field and the control room.
- Identify opportunities to advance stories beyond the initial report by pursuing additional interviews, new angles, accountability questions, and meaningful follow-ups.
- Produce platform-appropriate digital content, including short-form videos, social media updates, and other multimedia storytelling elements.
- Maintain clear and timely communication across shifts, ensuring important editorial developments, pending follow-ups, and coverage needs are properly shared with the next team.
- Contribute actively to editorial meetings by bringing fresh story ideas, informed perspectives, and solutions that strengthen coverage.
- Take responsibility for assigned work from beginning to end, maintaining accuracy, meeting deadlines, communicating challenges, and following through on commitments.
- Demonstrate flexibility and ownership by supporting other newsroom functions when editorial priorities or breaking news demand it.
- Uphold high standards of accuracy, fairness, ethical journalism, and editorial integrity across all platforms.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
YOU HAVE:
- Strong news judgment and a demonstrated passion for local journalism and community-focused storytelling.
- Experience in television news production, multimedia journalism, reporting, or a related newsroom environment.
- Strong writing, research, interviewing, and fact-checking skills.
- Demonstrated ability to independently research, shoot, write, edit, and deliver complete multimedia news stories for broadcast and digital platforms.
- Strong on-camera presentation skills, including the ability to confidently deliver live reports, pre-recorded standups, and breaking news updates.
- Ability and willingness to work independently in the field, including covering breaking news, developing original stories, and reporting without an assigned photographer or additional reporting support.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to balance multiple responsibilities and meet tight deadlines.
- A proactive, competitive mindset and the initiative to identify, develop, and pursue stories without waiting for direction.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across teams and newsroom functions.
- A team-first mentality, openness to feedback, adaptability, and a demonstrated commitment to accountability and collective success.
- Proficiency in Spanish, including strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to communicate and research effectively in English.
- A commitment to factual accuracy, fairness, balanced reporting, ethical journalism, and editorial integrity.
- Flexibility and willingness to transition between newscast production, assignment desk responsibilities, and independent field reporting based on editorial priorities and newsroom needs.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including early mornings, overnights, weekends, and holidays.
DESIRED SKILL & EXPERIENCE:
- Experience producing local television newscasts and reporting independently as an MMJ.
- Proficiency with newsroom production systems, including iNews or comparable platforms.
- Experience operating professional video cameras, field audio equipment, mobile reporting tools, and nonlinear editing software.
- Strong understanding of live news production, rundown management, and control room coordination.
- Experience with digital-first storytelling, social media publishing, and streaming news content.
- Familiarity with Central Texas communities and issues affecting Hispanic and Spanish-speaking audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to develop exclusive stories, cultivate sources, and generate enterprise reporting.
- Experience covering breaking news, severe weather, elections, and other major local events.
- A degree in journalism, communications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to perform newsroom and field-reporting responsibilities, including operating and transporting news-gathering equipment, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Ability to work in various indoor and outdoor environments as required by assignments.
- Ability to work schedules that may include evenings, weekends, or holidays based on newsroom needs.
- Ability to travel locally for field reporting and other newsroom assignments as necessary.
OUR BENEFITS:
TelevisaUnivision believes that a happy, well-balanced employee is what makes our culture thrive. We offer a wide selection of perks and benefits including PTO; tuition reimbursement; wellness and employee support programs; 401K; and life and other insurance plans. This is all in addition to our comprehensive and competitive health benefits package featuring medical, dental and vision coverage options.
TelevisaUnivision is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to characteristics protected by law.
ABOUT THE ROLE & TEAM:
Univision Texas Central is looking for a motivated, competitive, and news-hungry Multimedia Journalist (MMJ) and Producer who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative newsroom and is passionate about delivering impactful journalism to our Hispanic communities.
This hybrid role combines strong newscast production skills with the initiative, creativity, independence, and on-air reporting capabilities of a multimedia journalist. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable producing compelling newscasts, developing original stories, and independently reporting from the field. As editorial needs evolve, this individual will also be expected to serve as an on-camera journalist, delivering live and pre-recorded reports, covering breaking news, and developing original stories for broadcast and digital platforms. This role requires someone who can confidently transition between producing behind the scenes and reporting in front of the camera.
We are building a newsroom culture rooted in ownership, accountability, collaboration, curiosity, and a relentless commitment to journalism. We value individuals who take initiative, communicate openly, embrace feedback, support their teammates, and approach challenges with a solutions-oriented mindset.
We believe great journalism is a shared responsibility. Every producer plays an active role in identifying stories, developing sources, verifying information, advancing coverage, and responding to breaking news. We are looking for someone who doesn’t simply wait for assignments but actively seeks opportunities to inform our audience and strengthen our coverage.
Success in this role requires more than technical ability. It requires a team-first mentality, strong editorial instincts, adaptability, and a genuine desire to contribute to a newsroom where everyone is invested in the collective success of our journalism.
YOUR DAY-DAY:
- Produce compelling, accurate, and visually engaging newscasts and/or news content for broadcast, digital, and streaming platforms.
- Identify, pitch, research, and develop original, impactful stories that matter to Hispanic audiences in San Antonio, Austin, and surrounding communities.
- Demonstrate the versatility, confidence, and editorial readiness to transition between newscast production, assignment desk responsibilities, and independent field reporting based on daily newsroom priorities and operational needs.
- Actively contribute to the daily assignment process by monitoring developing news, identifying coverage opportunities, gathering and verifying information, following up on leads, and helping advance stories throughout the day.
- Exercise strong editorial judgment when evaluating story relevance, urgency, impact, and potential for audience engagement.
- Independently report from the field as assigned, serving as a Multimedia Journalist (MMJ) responsible for researching, conducting interviews, gathering video and sound, writing scripts, editing packages, and producing complete news stories.
- Deliver live and pre-recorded on-camera reports for newscasts and digital platforms, including breaking news coverage, developing stories, and independently researched enterprise reporting. Be prepared to work in the field without an assigned photographer or additional reporting support when necessary.
- Build and organize rundowns, write compelling scripts, develop effective story treatments, and execute creative showcasing elements that strengthen the newscast.
- Develop and maintain relationships with community members, public officials, organizations, and other sources to generate original reporting and follow-up opportunities.
- Monitor news wires, scanners, social media, competing outlets, and other reliable sources to identify breaking news and developing stories.
- Coordinate closely with assignment editors, reporters, photographers, anchors, producers, and digital teams to ensure effective news gathering, timely communication, and efficient execution.
- Take initiative during breaking news and severe weather coverage, adapting quickly to changing circumstances and supporting newsroom needs in both the field and the control room.
- Identify opportunities to advance stories beyond the initial report by pursuing additional interviews, new angles, accountability questions, and meaningful follow-ups.
- Produce platform-appropriate digital content, including short-form videos, social media updates, and other multimedia storytelling elements.
- Maintain clear and timely communication across shifts, ensuring important editorial developments, pending follow-ups, and coverage needs are properly shared with the next team.
- Contribute actively to editorial meetings by bringing fresh story ideas, informed perspectives, and solutions that strengthen coverage.
- Take responsibility for assigned work from beginning to end, maintaining accuracy, meeting deadlines, communicating challenges, and following through on commitments.
- Demonstrate flexibility and ownership by supporting other newsroom functions when editorial priorities or breaking news demand it.
- Uphold high standards of accuracy, fairness, ethical journalism, and editorial integrity across all platforms.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
YOU HAVE:
- Strong news judgment and a demonstrated passion for local journalism and community-focused storytelling.
- Experience in television news production, multimedia journalism, reporting, or a related newsroom environment.
- Strong writing, research, interviewing, and fact-checking skills.
- Demonstrated ability to independently research, shoot, write, edit, and deliver complete multimedia news stories for broadcast and digital platforms.
- Strong on-camera presentation skills, including the ability to confidently deliver live reports, pre-recorded standups, and breaking news updates.
- Ability and willingness to work independently in the field, including covering breaking news, developing original stories, and reporting without an assigned photographer or additional reporting support.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to balance multiple responsibilities and meet tight deadlines.
- A proactive, competitive mindset and the initiative to identify, develop, and pursue stories without waiting for direction.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across teams and newsroom functions.
- A team-first mentality, openness to feedback, adaptability, and a demonstrated commitment to accountability and collective success.
- Proficiency in Spanish, including strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to communicate and research effectively in English.
- A commitment to factual accuracy, fairness, balanced reporting, ethical journalism, and editorial integrity.
- Flexibility and willingness to transition between newscast production, assignment desk responsibilities, and independent field reporting based on editorial priorities and newsroom needs.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including early mornings, overnights, weekends, and holidays.
DESIRED SKILL & EXPERIENCE:
- Experience producing local television newscasts and reporting independently as an MMJ.
- Proficiency with newsroom production systems, including iNews or comparable platforms.
- Experience operating professional video cameras, field audio equipment, mobile reporting tools, and nonlinear editing software.
- Strong understanding of live news production, rundown management, and control room coordination.
- Experience with digital-first storytelling, social media publishing, and streaming news content.
- Familiarity with Central Texas communities and issues affecting Hispanic and Spanish-speaking audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to develop exclusive stories, cultivate sources, and generate enterprise reporting.
- Experience covering breaking news, severe weather, elections, and other major local events.
- A degree in journalism, communications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to perform newsroom and field-reporting responsibilities, including operating and transporting news-gathering equipment, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Ability to work in various indoor and outdoor environments as required by assignments.
- Ability to work schedules that may include evenings, weekends, or holidays based on newsroom needs.
- Ability to travel locally for field reporting and other newsroom assignments as necessary.
OUR BENEFITS:
TelevisaUnivision believes that a happy, well-balanced employee is what makes our culture thrive. We offer a wide selection of perks and benefits including PTO; tuition reimbursement; wellness and employee support programs; 401K; and life and other insurance plans. This is all in addition to our comprehensive and competitive health benefits package featuring medical, dental and vision coverage options.
TelevisaUnivision is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to characteristics protected by law.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Journalist
Frame your beat as a specialty occupation
USCIS requires that your role demand a specific degree, not just any bachelor's. Document how your beat, whether financial reporting, legal affairs, or data journalism, requires targeted academic training that generalist candidates don't have.
Check LCA filings for news organizations
Use the OFLC Wage Search to pull Labor Condition Application records filtered by journalism-related SOC codes. This shows which outlets have filed for H-1B journalists recently, giving you a verified target list before you apply.
Build a portfolio that maps to your degree
Consular officers and USCIS adjudicators look for alignment between your credentials and your published work. Organize clips by subject area and annotate how each piece drew on skills from your specific field of study.
Search verified H-1B sponsor employers on Migrate Mate
Filter by journalism and media roles on Migrate Mate to find employers with confirmed H-1B filing history. This cuts the research time of cold-applying to outlets that have never sponsored a visa.
Clarify who covers the I-129 fee early
Most journalists negotiate this during the offer stage, not after signing. Ask the HR or legal team directly whether the employer covers USCIS filing fees, since some mid-size outlets pass costs to the employee.
Account for the prevailing wage tier in your offer
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your occupation and location. Pull the Level I through Level IV wage bands from the OFLC Wage Search before accepting an offer to verify compliance.
H-1B Visa Journalist: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a journalist role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It can, but it's not automatic. USCIS requires that the position normally demands a bachelor's degree in a specific field like journalism, communications, or a directly related discipline. Roles at major outlets with defined beat specializations, such as investigative reporters, foreign correspondents, or data journalists, tend to qualify more readily than general assignment positions where a broad range of degrees is accepted.
Which types of employers sponsor H-1B visas for journalist roles?
National newspapers, broadcast networks, wire services, and large digital media companies have the most active H-1B filing histories for journalism roles. Niche trade publications and regional outlets file less frequently. You can verify employer filing history by searching DOL Labor Condition Application disclosure data or using Migrate Mate to browse positions filtered by H-1B sponsorship.
How does the H-1B lottery affect a journalist's timeline for starting a new role?
Standard H-1B cap-subject petitions are filed in April for an October 1 start date. If you're on OPT or another status, your employer may need to plan a full year ahead. Cap-exempt employers, including some nonprofit media organizations and public broadcasting entities, can file year-round without waiting for the lottery.
Can a foreign journalist on H-1B work as a freelancer or contribute to multiple outlets?
H-1B status ties you to the sponsoring employer named in the petition. Freelance income or bylines for other outlets can create unauthorized employment issues if those arrangements aren't structured carefully. A concurrent H-1B petition from a second employer is the compliant path if you want to contribute to another organization regularly.
What makes a journalist's H-1B petition more likely to receive an RFE?
USCIS issues Requests for Evidence most often when the degree field doesn't closely match the specific reporting beat, when the job description is written broadly enough that a non-specialist could fill it, or when the offered position is entry-level. Strong petitions pair a detailed job duty description with evidence that the employer has hired degree-specific candidates for the same role previously.