Sports Anchor / MMJ

Job Description

Sports Anchor / MMJ - KTTC

About KTTC:

KTTC is the leading NBC affiliate, serving Rochester, Austin, and Mason City as the #1 station for news, information, and entertainment programming. KTTC strives for leadership in our industry and in our community, and does this by keeping viewers safe and informed, supporting non-profits and organizations that serve the community, and helping our local businesses grow.
All employees accept personal responsibility for maintaining the professional culture at KTTC. The KTTC leadership team believes in workplaces ''Free of discrimination, harassment, and incivility – and filled with opportunity, especially for those who've been traditionally denied it,'' (a definition adopted by the work and training put forth by the Power Shift Project). If you value kindness and respect as much as we do, please apply.

Visit KTTC at: https://www.kttc.com/page/living-working-and-playing-in-rochester-minnesota/

Job Summary/Description:

KTTC in Rochester, Minnesota, is looking for a true sports journalist to join our award-winning team and share stories of athletes from southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa. For 70 years, KTTC has covered sports at every level. Our cameras were there at the first major league game played in Iowa at the Field of Dreams, regularly cover the Twins and Vikings, and are in the gyms and on the fields across our viewing area each week highlighting high school athletes.

You're joining a team of exceptional journalists that are committed to our community and work to make it better, both on and off camera.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited, to:
• Researching and creating daily content for television, social and web platforms, including dynamic live shots and packages
• Identifying and enterprising relevant local feature stories
• Meeting daily and weekly deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Taking an active role in seasonal KTTC productions
• Creating and facilitating working relationships with the local sports community
• Developing feature franchise content, which may require travel and time outside of a standard workday
• Must be well-versed in the rules and terminology used in high school sports

Qualifications/Requirements:
• KTTC Sports produces award-winning segments and content each year. We profile outstanding high school athletes each week in Athlete of the Week. To kick off the high school football season, we produce a 30-minute show called Prep Preview, highlighting dozens of teams across the area.
• Rochester and the surrounding communities are a golf-lovers haven. In the summer, we profile the best spots for golf in Par for the Course. During the fall, winter, and spring high school sports seasons, KTTC expands our sports coverage each Friday night at 10pm in Sports EXTRA.
• This position will require out-of-the-box thinking. Viewers aren't tuning in for just highlights and scores anymore. They want context and depth on the scores they see on their phones and social media.
• Candidates should also exhibit a good work ethic, strong people skills, the ability to be a team player and work flexibly. This position may require holiday work.

Qualified, interested applicants may go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopening, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', upload your resume, cover letter and references

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

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r7mppk-3-128-199-162-42 in your application.