Weekend Morning Anchor/Multi-Skilled Journalist
Weekend Morning Anchor/Multi-Skilled Journalist
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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 .
KFSM a TEGNAowned CBS affiliate in Fayetteville AR has an amazing opportunity for a creative innovative and enterprising Weekend Morning Anchor/MultiSkilled Journalist who is an excellent oncamera communicator to help serve the needs of our audience and community. We are looking for a journalist who excels at both accountability reporting and breaking news. We are seeking candidates who will trailblaze the future of news find and defend the truth and tell the stories of our Anchor/MSJ should be someone who is comfortable asking tough but fair questions. This journalist must be able to work with producers to develop smart and engaging newscasts. We are looking for someone who understands the why behind stories and excels at impact journalism. The Anchor/MSJ is a newsroom leader who will be one of the faces of the station in charge of developing contacts and relationships in the community enabling them to create and present unique compelling and innovative stories of interest.
Living in Fayetteville: Our station is located in booming Northwest Arkansas a vibrant and rapidly growing region that offers an exceptional quality of life. With its beautiful landscapes mountain biking trails and clear lakes outdoor enthusiasts will find endless opportunities for adventure. The area combines smalltown charm with bigcity amenities. Its home to a thriving arts and culture scene worldclass dining and great schools.
Responsibilities:
Use editorial judgment to help determine content of the newscasts.
Work with producer and team to create unique fastpaced innovative newscasts.
Use social media to determine content of newscasts and highlight big social stories.
Write and post daily on all digital platforms including social media.
Develop story ideas write shoot and edit news stories for onair broadcasting.
Develop original content through social listening and independent sources.
Perform other tasks as required by supervisor or executive producer.
Journalism and/or Communication degree preferred.
Understand the tenets of professional Journalism.
Excellent creative presentation and writing skills a must
Requirements:
Minimum 2 years news anchor/reporting experience
Develop story ideas write shoot and edit news stories for television mobile and social platforms.
Write in an exciting captivating and authentic manner.
Use the latest editing and photography tools to tell great stories.
Develop original content through social listening and independent sources.
Deliver onair news events in an engaging exciting and accurate manner.
Interview news subjects and research for facts and credibility.
Write and post daily on all digital platforms including social media.
Enterprise news stories.
Write for the web including attaching images and streaming video.
Use creative production techniques such as graphics and new forms of media (viewer pictures webcam interviews etc.) to enhance stories.
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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To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background. Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of or one of our affiliate station domains.
Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
Employment Type
Full Time
