Weekend Anchor / MSJ

Job Description

KBMT 12News (ABC/NBC Beaumont, Texas) is hunting for our next dynamic journalist to lead our weekend coverage. The ideal candidate for this position can expect to produce and anchor all weekend evening shows while reporting 3 days a week. The reporting and anchoring will both require establishing sources, pitching unique story ideas, strong writing and news judgement skills
You'll also be required to engage with the community both through your social media accounts and at community outreach events.
A little about this market. It's busy. This is a perfect market to cut your teeth on breaking news, weather coverage and the growth of a community. There's a lot to cover here. We train our staff to support one another no matter their job description. We have a fun newsroom but know how to pull the trigger on outstanding news coverage when big events happen.
DEMO REEL REQUIRED

Responsibilities:
• Anchor newscasts and report as assigned
• Generate unique, compelling and innovative story and show ideas and content for all platforms
• Have strong, captivating and authentic writing style
• Be able to shoot, write and edit packages
• Present news in a conversational, engaging way and be able to adlib with professionalism and accuracy
• Work as a member of a team to create fast-paced and informative content
• Have an excellent grasp of social media for news gathering and distribution and for community engagement
• Cultivate diverse sources and contacts within the community
• Contribute to multiple platforms on a daily basis, including images, packages, articles and social media posts
Requirements:
• Degree in journalism or mass communications
• Past anchoring and MSJ/MMJ experience preferred
• Strong journalistic ethics
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and with a flexible schedule
• Be able to manage both long-term and short-term projects
• Experience with ENPS and Edius a plus
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 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.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor's appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1qj6v-3-144-132-48-42 in your application.