News Anchor

Job Description

News Anchor - KFYR

NEWS ANCHOR (MORNING) - KFYR

About KFYR:

KFYR TV: A job at our station is a learning experience unlike any you'll find in a classroom. Daily hands-on involvement of senior staff guarantees a good product that not only serves our viewer, but will take our team members to the next level. With over 36 hours of news on our channels each week, KFYR-TV and West Dakota FOX are truly Western North Dakota's news leaders. Our viewers have come to depend on our news team to be quick, and fair and accurate… from the first tweet and post, to the nightly wrap-up and anchor explainer, you'll get all the news. Take a look at what we have to offer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NlyhdFmbgI&list=PLqEoItFBZqWQtRY2pieY95iJx7XPmYopH&index=1

Job Summary/Description:

KFYR TV is looking for a morning anchor who wants to live in beautiful North Dakota. The position is for weekday mornings. Experience on-air preferred. Salary range is very competitive depending on experience. Anchor morning and mid-morning newscasts as assigned. Strategically, you are a key member of the News Leadership team, charting the path for growth and change. This is a long-term career opportunity for the right person, with a competitive compensation package including Gray's generous 401(k) match, increased PTO, free health insurance option, and a possible signing bonus.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
• Present stories calmly and clearly and in a live capacity
• Develop and produce relevant, enterprise and breaking stories for multiple platforms
• Can go unscripted and be engaging
• Can help producer with newscasts and web team
• Works well with others
• Write broadcast & digital news stories that are professionally complete and compelling
• Appear at promotional functions
• Develop sources
• Operate news equipment in a safe, professional manner
• Support news promotion
• Contribute regularly to news coverage
• Perform duties as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:
• Belief in the power of local journalism. Excellent editorial judgement to support our pillars of Breaking News, First Warn Weather and Original Local Reporting
• A winning mentality, with the ability to identify and ''own'' the day's big stories
• Able to make quick decisions and handle breaking news calmly and as a team leader
• Must have multi-media skills and the ability to move stories through the process of TV, website, mobile apps, social media, and connected TV, and the experience to manage this process in the newsroom
• Bachelor's degree, or higher, is preferred
• The ability to produce a newscast is desired
• Basic experience with cameras, ENPS, editing on Grass Valley Edius is a plus
• A journalist at heart who is willing to go live in the field on big stories
• Leadership skills
• Exceptional news judgment
• Professional knowledge of news operations

If you feel you're qualified and 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)

KFYR-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-r7wq0p-18-117-196-184-42 in your application.