News AnchorReporter (Am WEnd) Kcrg
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Job Location:
Cedar Rapids, IA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Gray Media:
Gray Media or Gray is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta Georgia formally known as Gray Television Inc. The company is the nations largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Grays additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports Tupelo Media Group and PowerNation Studios and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.
About KCRG:
KCRG-TV9 is the most-watched and most-trusted news outlet covering Eastern Iowa. Based in Cedar Rapids with a bureau in Dubuque we are dedicated to being a part of our community and keeping that community informed. We produce 7 hours of news each day support a robust social media and digital platform and carry dozens of live sports and community events a year with our live production unit.
Job Summary/Description:
With a 4-day work week schedule KCRG is seeking a weekend morning co-anchor to help lead the dominant newscast in the market.
This position works four 10-hour days with general reporting two days a week and anchoring/producing the #1 weekend morning newscast with a co-anchor/producer. The additional hours allow for prep work for the morning newscasts like scheduling guests or pre-producing segments as well as in-depth reporting and digital opportunities like live stream anchoring and podcasting. That makes this a unique opportunity to learn different modes of journalism and experiment with new platforms all while growing with a dominant #1 news organization.
The right candidate is a team player a strong journalist and comes with a drive to experiment and learn!
Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Anchor newscasts presenting information clearly and professionally.
- Find and develop news stories around information and events in the area.
- Creatively shoot write and edit locally-produced news reports.
- Write and produce newscasts covering the top local and national headlines.
- Write and post stories and videos for the stations digital platforms.
- Develop social media audience and engage with that audience regularly.
- Maintain high journalistic standards in line with station brand and goals.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Previous professional TV newsroom experience.
- Bachelors degree or higher in Journalism Mass Communications or related field or equivalent professional experience.
- Previous on-air experience.
- Strong news judgement and editorial skills
- Excellent writing skills
- Drive to experiment and learn on digital and emerging platforms
If you feel youre qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to you may type in the job title station call letters or click on apply now upload your resume cover letter and references
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through theGray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
KCRG-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company
Additional Info:
Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or addition to federal law requirements Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age genetic information disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Grays employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
Key Skills
- Photography
- Video Editing
- Filming
- Interviewing
- AP Style
- Computer Literacy
- Research Experience
- Journalism
- Social Media Management
- Wordpress
- Video production
- Writing Skills
About Company
Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN and GTN.A) owns and/or operates over 100 television stations across 56 television markets that collectively broadcast more than 200 program streams including 103 channels affiliated with the CBS Network, the NBC Network, the ABC Network and the FOX Net ... View more
