News Anchor

Job Description

NEWS ANCHOR (W/END) - WEEK

About WEEK:

WEEK-TV is an award-winning station that leads the community in local news coverage and community involvement. It operates a number of TV stations in the Peoria, IL television market including WEEK 25 (NBC), Heart of Illinois ABC, and Peoria-Bloomington's CW.

Job Summary/Description:
Our Award winning; duopoly WEEK- NBC & ABC is looking for a passionate journalist who can also command the anchor desk. The right hire will co-anchor our highly successful weekend newscast, and report 3 days during the week.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Co-anchor weekend newscasts, and other newscasts as assigned
- Work closely with producers to ensure story selection and quality of broadcast are clean, compelling and consistent
- Demonstrate ability to connect with viewers and community both on and off the desk
- Shoot and edit content for newscasts and digital platforms as assigned
- Generate story ideas and build local contacts
- Operate portable live units, and conduct live shots from the field

Qualifications/Requirements:
- Degree in journalism or communications, computer literacy, including newsroom computer systems
- Minimum two (2) years experience reporting as a MMJ in a broadcast newsroom
- Videography and non-linear editing experience

Come join our dynamic news team, go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', upload resume, cover letter, and references

(Current employees that are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro employee portal)

WEEK-TV/Gray Television Group, Inc. is a drug-free company

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d2pe76-18-217-171-249-42 in your application.