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About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism engaging content and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web mobile apps streaming and linear television. For more information visitTEGNA.
Do you have a passion for presenting weather in an engaging and captivating way WBNS the CBS affiliate located in Columbus Ohio is looking for a dynamic and approachable Meteorologist to join our morning news team.
At 10TV we dont just report the weather; we take pride in our brand and aim to provide our viewers with the most comprehensive and accurate weather coverage possible. As a member of the Tegna family we are committed to keeping our audience informed and safe.
Weather has a significant impact on our daily lives beyond just numbers and charts. The people of Central Ohio rely on us to showcase how weather affects their daily lives. Your ability to create engaging stories that highlight the importance of weather will leave a lasting impression on our viewers.
The ideal candidate will have a warm engaging and relatable onair presence a calm and authoritative demeanor during severe weather events and a flexible collaborative approach that thrives in fastpaced environments.
Responsibilities:
Deliver clear engaging weather forecasts by researching preparing and presenting forecasts in a conversational and relatable manner that shows how weather impacts daily life.
Provide live updates during severe weather events interrupting programming as necessary while maintaining a calm and authoritative presence.
Utilize cuttingedge weather tools graphics and storytelling techniques to create compelling visuals and content across TV digital and social platforms.
Develop unique weather content for digital platforms including streaming websites and social media with updates tailored for the days events and weather impacts.
Represent 10TV at public appearances such as school visits and community events to foster trust and build relationships with viewers.
Work closely with the weather team to ensure comprehensive and cohesive coverage during severe weather and seasonal events.
Requirements:
A Bachelor of Science in Meteorology Atmospheric Science or a related field is required.
A minimum of five years of onair meteorology experience is required with a proven track record of covering severe weather events including tornadoes flooding and winter storms.
Ability to create accurate visually compelling weather graphics using modern broadcast weather platforms.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex weather data in a clear and relatable way.
Strong social media and online content creation skills with the ability to interact meaningfully with audiences across platforms.
A warm engaging and relatable onair presence combined with a calm and authoritative demeanor during severe weather events.
A flexible and collaborative team player who thrives in fastpaced environments.
Strong public speaking and storytelling skills are highly valued.
AMS Seal or equivalent certification is preferred.
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and parttime employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full parttime and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1 80 of their pay on a pretax basis to TEGNAs 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4 of pay are eligible for a 100 match from the company and are 100 vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctors appointments with a physician through Teladoc and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We areproud to be an equal opportunity employer hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race color religion national origin sex gender age marital status personal appearance sexual orientation gender identity or expression family responsibilities disability medical condition enrollment in college or vocational school political affiliation military or veteran status citizenship status genetic information or any other basis protected by federal state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilitiesin accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application please email
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Employment Type
Full Time
