Sports Anchor / Reporter

Job Description

Sports Anchor / Reporter - KEYC

SPORTS ANCHOR/REPORTER (W/END) - KEYC

About KEYC:

Since 1960, KEYC-TV/KMNF-LD, a CBS, CW, FOX and NBC-affiliated media company, has succeeded with a culture that values skills, encourages creativity, and fosters professional growth. The Greater Mankato metropolitan area is booming and growing. The friendly, welcoming region is a happy mix of city and country living. There is plenty to do, and Mankato is just a short drive to the Minneapolis Metro. We broadcast more than 25 hours of local news, weather, and sports each week and maintain the most highly visited social media sites in southern Minnesota. This is a great place to start, and stay!

Job Summary/Description:

KEYC News Now is looking for a passionate and energetic Weekend Sports Anchor/MMJ that knows how to go after the big, ''local'' sports story. We are in the heart of Minnesota Vikings & Twins country, with the Twin Cities only being an hour away. We don't want someone who only covers professional and college sports or reads national highlights.

We focus on local sports – with three area colleges and a successful Friday night show dedicated to prep sports, there's no shortage of good content. Did we mention Mankato is home to Minnesota State University, a Division I hockey program? KEYC is the television broadcast partner for the men's home hockey games and we also broadcast a special weekly broadcast dedicated to Minnesota State University athletics. We're looking for a creative, outgoing sports journalist who knows how to put together compelling, LOCAL sports stories and features.

The ideal candidate will also be a team player and be able to communicate effectively with management, staff, KEYC News Now viewers and our community.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
• Serve as the primary weekend sports anchor for our 5-weekend newscasts
• Fill-in sports anchoring as needed during the week
• Shoot, write, and edit sports stories and highlights with an emphasis on covering local sports
• Meet daily sportscast deadlines
• Write and post sports stories on multiple social media and digital platforms
• Report life from various sporting events
• Update station website and social media accounts throughout the day as needed
• Adhere to station branding and promotion
• Adhere to safety rules and programs and assist in implementing new safety initiatives
• Other duties as requested by News Director and/or General Manager

Qualifications/Requirements:
• 4-year degree in journalism, broadcasting, communications, or a related field
• An engaging and comfortable on-air personality
• The ability and desire to enterprise and produce local sports stories and content
• Excellent communicator
• Team player with a positive attitude
• Anchoring, reporting, and producing experience preferred
• Integrity, accountability, teamwork
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds
• Spend extended periods of time sitting, using telephone & computer workstation
• Able to drive a vehicle and spend extended periods of time in a vehicle traveling to and from various locations

If you want to work with a great group of people go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', upload your resume, cover letter and references

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

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

Gray Television encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus prior to or by the first workday.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g66ox0-3-133-121-160-42 in your application.