Anchor/MSJ

TEGNA Inc. • Columbia, SC

10d • Onsite

About The Position

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. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news. WLTX-TV the CBS affiliate in Columbia, S.C. is looking for a journalist to join our team as Anchor and Multi-skilled Journalist. The successful candidate for this position is dedicated to local storytelling and turning enterprise stories for newscasts. This person also has the instinct to follow-up on news tips, respond to breaking news in a timely manner and connects with community to develop contacts who reach out with news tips and leadable stories that are then developed for our broadcast, digital and social platforms.

Requirements

• Journalism or Mass Communication degree with at least two-years of experience preferred
• Strong, natural on-camera delivery with the ability to ad-lib
• Excellent writing, packaging, and live skills
• Ability to shoot and edit stories
• Knowledge of Cuez (scripting) and Edius (editing)
• Ability to meet deadlines and work in high pressure situations

Nice To Haves

• Strong writing skills and news judgment are a must.
• The desirable candidate also is a natural leader in our room; speaking up during editorial meetings, pitching unique story ideas gleaned from talking to people in the community and is a team player.
• Excellent, creative presentation and writing skills a must

Responsibilities

• Reporting and gathering content
• Anchoring our weekend newscasts
• Fill-in anchoring on an as-needed basis
• Anchor weekend newscasts and other newscasts to fill-in during the week as assigned
• Work with producers to create an engaging newscast, write and copy edit to improve all content every day.
• Generate unique, compelling and innovative story/show ideas and content
• Helps to craft creative segments and present them during newscasts
• Is strategic about the use of social media for news gathering, developing contacts and community engagement
• Storytelling
• Contribute to multiple platforms on a daily basis including writing for the website, posting on social media, creating for mobile, and most of all creating a dialog with our audience and your friends and followers.
• Collaborate with a team to produce the most creative, compelling stories
• Develop contacts and relationships in the community

Benefits

• Two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
• Access to dental and eye care coverage
• Fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
• Nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc for all employees and their eligible family members
• 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health for all employees and their eligible family members
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit
• Nine paid holidays per year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree