Texas Association of Broadcasters is hiring: Weekend Anchor / Multi-Skilled Jour

Category: Media - Journalism - Newspaper

Position/Title: Weekend Anchor/Multi-Skilled Journalist 3033

Details:

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. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month. For more information, visit TEGNA.com.

KWES, a TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate in Midland-Odessa, Texas, has an amazing opportunity for a creative, innovative, and enterprising Anchor who is an excellent on-camera communicator to help serve the needs of our audience and community. The ideal candidate will excel at accountability reporting and breaking news, trailblazing the future of news, finding and defending the truth, and telling the stories of our community. This anchor should be comfortable asking tough but fair questions and must work with producers to develop smart and engaging newscasts.

Responsibilities:

1. Use editorial judgment to help determine content of the newscasts.
2. Work with producer and team to create unique, fast-paced innovative newscasts.
3. Use social media to determine content of newscasts and highlight big social stories.
4. Write and post daily on all digital platforms including social media.
5. Develop story ideas, write, shoot and edit news stories for on-air broadcasting.
6. Develop original content through social listening and independent sources.
7. Perform other tasks as required by supervisor or executive producer.

Requirements:

1. Minimum two years news anchor/reporting experience.
2. Develop story ideas, write, shoot and edit news stories for television, mobile and social platforms.
3. Write in an exciting, captivating, and authentic manner.
4. Use the latest editing and photography tools to tell great stories.
5. Deliver on-air news events in an engaging, exciting, and accurate manner.
6. Interview news subjects and research for facts and credibility.
7. Enterprise news stories.
8. Write for the web, including attaching images and streaming video.
9. Use creative production techniques such as graphics and new forms of media to enhance stories.

Benefits:

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families, including medical plans, dental and eye care coverage, disability and life insurance, a generous 401(k) program, and Paid Time Off (PTO).

EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to any protected basis.

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Vacancy Type: Full Time
Date Posted: 1/21/2025
Closing Date: 4/21/2025
City: Midland - 79711
State: Texas
Contact: www.tegna.com/explore-careers
Apply Online URL: https://www.tegna.com/explore-careers