Weekend Anchor/MSJ

TEGNA Inc. helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. WZZM-TV, a TEGNA ABC affiliate in Grand Rapids, MI, is seeking a creative, innovative, and enterprising Anchor who excels as an on-camera communicator to serve the needs of our audience and community. The ideal candidate is a journalist skilled in accountability reporting and breaking news, committed to trailblazing the future of news, defending the truth, and telling impactful community stories. This anchor should be comfortable asking tough but fair questions and collaborating with producers to develop smart, engaging newscasts. The role is a newsroom leadership position and one of the faces of the station, responsible for developing community contacts and relationships to create unique, compelling stories.

Responsibilities

• Use editorial judgment to help determine the content of newscasts.
• Collaborate with producers and team members to create unique, fast-paced, and innovative newscasts.
• Use social media to determine newscast content and highlight significant stories.
• Write and post daily on all digital platforms, including social media.
• Develop story ideas, write, shoot, and edit news stories for on-air broadcasting.
• Develop original content through social listening and independent sources.
• Perform other tasks as required by supervisors or the executive producer.
• Interview news subjects and research facts for credibility.
• Deliver on-air news events in an engaging, exciting, and accurate manner.
• Enterprise news stories and write for the web, including attaching images and streaming video.
• Use creative production techniques such as graphics and new forms of media (e.g., viewer pictures, webcam interviews) to enhance stories.

Requirements

• Minimum 3-5 years of news anchor/reporting experience.
• Develop story ideas, write, shoot, and edit news stories for television, mobile, and social platforms.
• Write in an exciting, captivating, and authentic manner.
• Use the latest editing and photography tools to tell compelling stories.
• Journalism and/or Communication degree preferred.
• Understand the tenets of professional journalism.
• Excellent, creative presentation and writing skills.
• Current driver’s license and ability to operate a news-gathering vehicle.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas for full and part-time employees.
• Access to dental and eye care coverage.
• Fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance.
• Disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) program with a 100% company match on contributions up to the first 4% of pay, fully vested from day one.
• Nine free virtual doctor’s appointments annually through Teladoc for all employees and eligible family members, regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans.
• Twelve free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit and nine paid holidays per year.
• Some jobs may be covered by a collective bargaining agreement, affecting benefits eligibility.