Morning News Anchor/Host
About The Position
Audacy Minnesota’s WCCO-AM is searching for an experienced, dynamic Broadcast Journalist. This role requires a curious and savvy journalist with an impressive work ethic, ready to contribute to one of the upper Midwest’s most-trusted news teams. The ideal candidate is deadline-driven, comfortable in a bustling newsroom, a great writer with a highly relevant style, possesses a compelling and commanding on-air delivery, and is a proficient and enterprising news gatherer using a variety of sources. Proficiency with audio and video editing equipment and programs is essential. The role involves actively participating on various social media channels, contributing content to the station website, collaborating, innovating, and producing content in a fast-paced newsroom or field environment, and regularly pitching story and interview ideas.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years anchoring or reporting news/sports for broadcast media.
- Must be computer literate and have excellent writing skills.
- Proficiency in editing and packaging news sound and interviews.
- Must possess contemporary sound and excellent on-air delivery.
- Knowledge of the broadcast area and station demographics.
Responsibilities
- Anchor multi-hour shifts on News-Talk station.
- Produce and recording news stories.
- Gather, write, record, edit and deliver live coverage when breaking news occurs.
- Ability to write and post stories to website and social media.
- Interview newsmakers.
- Write scripts and ad-lib material for stories.
- Develop and research potential sports stories.
- Other duties as required by management.
- Must be available early mornings; and other dayparts as necessary if breaking news warrants.
Benefits
- a health care coordinator
- medical
- dental
- vision
- mental health
- telemedicine
- flexible spending accounts
- health savings account
- disability
- life insurance
- critical illness
- hospital indemnity
- accident insurance
- paid time off (sick, flex-time away/vacation days, personal, parental, volunteer)
- 401(k) retirement plan
- student loan payment assistance program
- legal assistance
- life assistance program
- identity theft protection
- discounted home and auto insurance
- pet insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
