KGO - Weekend Anchor Reporter

About the role

KGO - Weekend Anchor Reporter

Responsibilities

• Anchoring our weekend morning newscasts
• Reporting three days per week
• Being a fill-in anchor candidate on weekday newscasts
• Turning stories for newscasts, our website, and our 24/7 stream
• Writing, shooting, and editing stories
• Absent from the field during the station’s newscasts
• Using light weight digital electronic cameras, consumer and prosumer digital camera equipment, cell phones, and non-linear desktop editing platforms
• Pitching original stories and developing contacts within the community
• Having an active presence in social media
• Representing KGO at community events, promotional events, and speaking engagements

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a top 50 market
• Excellent writing skills, solid news judgment, and ethical decision-making skills
• Able to shoot video and edit stories for linear and digital on non-linear desktop editing platforms
• Proficient in operating handheld prosumer/consumer cameras and non-linear editing for linear and digital
• Superior on-camera presentation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, Journalism or Communications degree

Skills

• Bilingual is beneficial
• Knowledge of the San Francisco Bay Area

Benefits

To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits

Pay

The base pay actually offered may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

Schedule

This position involves anchoring our weekend morning newscasts and reporting three days per week. In addition, this person will be a fill-in anchor candidate on weekday newscasts.