Nexstar Media Group is hiring: Reporter/Weekend Weather Anchor in San Diego

ROLE: FOX 5 San Diego/KUSI News duopoly is seeking a Weekday Reporter/Weekend Weather Anchor to support our top-rated newscasts committed to serving the San Diego community. Successful candidate excels in ad-libbing, storytelling on all platforms, connecting with viewers, can receive feedback and models professionalism on and off the air.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

+ Accurate reporting of news stories

+ Attend editorial meetings and regularly pitch original story ideas

+ Develops community contacts and a network of news sources

+ Must be able to ad-lib live breaking news by telling a compelling story with a strong ability to interact with anchors in studio

+ Works with the photographer in the development of a story

+ Regularly updates newsroom on story elements and progress

+ Use social media to update news and weather stories to the public

+ Attend station partnerships in the community

+ Produce and anchor weather, traffic segments for weekend newscasts and fill-in during the week as needed

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

+ Must have undergraduate degree or equivalent related experience

+ Prefer 3-5 years TV news reporting and weather anchor experience in a medium to large market

REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:

+ Must interact positively and productively with other employees and in the field

+ Strong on-air presentation - must be credible, personable and passionate

+ Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills

+ Strong attention to detail

+ Must be able to accept constructive direction and feedback

+ In line with reporting duties, individual must be flexible with schedule and be willing to work additional hours or days or different shifts as required by news content

+ Knowledge of WSI, Baron or similar weather forecasting system

+ Comp starting $33/hr commensurate with experience and skill level

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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 310,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America's largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar's national television properties include The CW, America's fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing "News for All America," popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company's portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.

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