Sports Director

TEGNA Inc. • Fayetteville, AR

2d • 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. KFSM-TV, a TEGNA CBS affiliate in Fayetteville, AR, is searching for a creative, enterprising Sports Director to lead the station's sports product across every platform. Arkansas is Razorback country, and SEC sports drive the conversation here, but Friday nights matter just as much. High school sports are a major emphasis for 5NEWS, and the right person will treat a Friday night in Greenwood with the same care as a Saturday in Fayetteville. This is a job for a storyteller who breaks news rather than recaps it, and who understands that today's sports audience finds you on their phone first. You will set the editorial vision for our sports coverage, host a daily streaming show, and build a following that travels with you wherever the story is. Current driver's license and ability to operate a news-gathering vehicle to and from various locations is required.

Requirements

• Minimum 1-3 years of sports reporting and anchoring experience.
• Journalism or Communications degree preferred.
• Strong on-camera presence and the ability to write in an exciting, authentic and accurate voice.
• Proficiency shooting and editing with current field and nonlinear editing tools.
• Demonstrated social media following and a portfolio of original mobile and vertical content.
• Proven ability to develop sources and break stories.
• Exceptional organization and the ability to manage overlapping seasons, a daily show and breaking news at the same time.
• Sound editorial judgment and a firm grasp of the tenets of professional journalism.
• Willingness to work nights, weekends and holidays, with a schedule that follows the sports calendar.
• Ability to lift and carry field equipment.

Responsibilities

• Set the editorial direction for the station's sports coverage across broadcast, streaming, digital and social.
• Host and help produce a daily streaming sports show.
• Cover the Arkansas Razorbacks, including games, practices, news conferences, recruiting and the stories behind the program.
• Lead year-round high school sports coverage.
• Break news through cultivated sources, social listening and independent enterprise reporting.
• Develop story ideas and shoot, write, edit and voice your own content.
• Create mobile-first and vertical video built for the platform it lives on.
• Write and post daily to the website, the app and all social platforms.
• Build and maintain an active, credible personal social media presence that reflects the 5NEWS brand.
• Work with news managers and producers to integrate sports into daily newscasts and coordinate highlight coverage on busy game nights.
• Represent the station in the community and maintain strong relationships with coaches, athletic directors and sports information staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the News Director.

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
• Nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc
• 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Nine paid holidays per year

What This Job Offers

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