Sports Anchor / MSJ

TEGNA Inc. • New Orleans, LA

1d • 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. WWL-TV a TEGNA CBS affiliate in New Orleans has an amazing opportunity for a creative, innovative, and enterprising Sports Anchor / MSJ who is an excellent on-camera communicator to help serve the needs of our audience and community. We are looking for a sports journalist who excels at both sports game and live shot reporting and breaking sports news. The person who gets this job will be one who can play into the excitement of the local sports fan in the New Orleans sports crazy community and who can also tell a compelling people story.

Requirements

• Current driver's license and ability to operate news gathering vehicle to and from various locations is required.
• Minimum 3-5 years sports 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 great stories.
• Develop original content through social listening and independent sources.
• Deliver on-air events in an engaging, exciting, and accurate manner.
• Interview news subjects and research for facts and credibility.
• Write and post daily on all digital platforms including social media.
• Enterprise stories.
• Write for the web, including attaching images and streaming video.
• Use creative production techniques such as graphics and new forms of media (viewer pictures, webcam interviews, etc.) to enhance stories.

Nice To Haves

• Journalism and/or Communication degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Use editorial judgment to help determine content of the sportscasts.
• Work with producer and team to create unique, fast-paced innovative sportscasts, sports specials and weekly sports hour-long wrapup.
• Use social media to determine content of sportscasts and highlight big social 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 supervisor or executive producer.
• Understand the tenets of professional Journalism.
• Excellent, creative presentation and writing skills a must

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