KFYR TV has a rare weekday evening anchor position open. Experience preferred. Salary range is very competitive, depending on experience. Strategically, you are a key member of the News Leadership team, charting the path for growth and change. This position requires some reporting as well. This is a long-term career opportunity for the right person, with a competitive compensation package including Gray’s generous 401(k) match, increased PTO, free health insurance option, and a possible signing bonus.
Duties/Responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):
- Present stories calmly and clearly and in a live capacity
- Develop and produce relevant, enterprise, and breaking stories for multiple platforms
- Can go unscripted and be engaging
- Can help the producer with newscasts and the web team
- Works well with others
- Write broadcast & digital news stories that are professionally complete and compelling
- Appear at promotional functions
- Develop sources
- Operate news equipment in a safe, professional manner
- Support news promotion
- Contribute regularly to news coverage
- Perform duties as assigned
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Belief in the power of local journalism. Excellent editorial judgement to support our pillars of Breaking News, First Warn Weather, and Original Local Reporting.
- A winning mentality, with the ability to identify and “own” the day’s big stories.
- Able to make quick decisions and handle breaking news calmly and as a team leader.
- Must have multi-media skills and the ability to move stories through the process of TV, website, mobile apps, social media, and connected TV, and the experience to manage this process in the newsroom.
- A bachelor’s degree, or higher, is preferred.
- The ability to produce a newscast is desired.
- Basic experience with cameras, ENPS, and editing on Grass Valley Edius is a plus.
- A journalist at heart who is willing to go live in the field on big stories
- Leadership skills
- Exceptional news judgment
- Professional knowledge of news operations
