Anchor / MSJ

Job Description

WGRZ, the number 1 news station in Buffalo, New York, has a terrific opportunity for an experienced Anchor and Multiskilled Journalist to join our team and grow. The ideal candidate is an enterprising journalist and a strong visual storyteller committed to local news. We seek an individual who will embrace our station's mission to Inform, Advocate, and Celebrate the more than one and a half million people who proudly call Western New York home.

We are known as the station that asks tough questions, and the successful candidate must be deeply committed to upholding our brand as well as love covering breaking news. We've got a lot of that.
Our ideal candidate will be a newsroom leader who appreciates the daily collaborative team effort and helps guide our daily coverage with strong writing and news judgment.

Responsibilities:
• Anchor, report, shoot, and edit as assigned.
• Work with producers to create compelling content for all platforms.
• Generate unique, compelling, and innovative story/show ideas and content.
• Excellent, creative presentation and writing skills a must.
• Excellent use of social media for news gathering and community engagement
• Find enterprise stories and tell them in a way that brings topics and characters to life.
• Contribute to multiple platforms daily, including writing for the website and posting on social media.
• Collaborate with a team to produce the most creative, compelling stories.
• Develop contacts and relationships in the community.

Job Requirements:
• Journalism or Mass Communication degree preferred with two years of experience preferred.
• Strong on-camera delivery with the ability to ad-lib.
• Embraces team approach to accomplish tasks successfully.
• Excellent writing, packaging, and live skills
• Ability to shoot and edit.
• Knowledge of ENPS and Edius (editing) a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to work under deadlines.
• Specialized reporting experience (investigative) a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound editorial decisions and help form coverage plans during breaking news.
• Travel: Rarely: less than 10%
• Work Environment Set: Office: normally performed in a typical interior/office environment
• Physical Demands Set: Light work: Involves sitting most of the time, walking, lifting, bending, standing, etc.

This is a Full-Time, Exempt, $75,000-$85,000

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) is an innovative media company that serves the greater good of our communities. Across platforms, TEGNA tells empowering stories, conducts impactful investigations and delivers innovative marketing solutions. With 64 television stations in 51 US markets, TEGNA is the largest owner of top 4 network affiliates in the top 25 markets among independent station groups, reaching approximately 39 percent of all television households nationwide. TEGNA also owns leading multicast networks True Crime Network and Quest. TEGNA Marketing Solutions (TMS) offers innovative solutions to help businesses reach consumers across television, digital and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, including Premion, TEGNA's OTT advertising service. For more information, visit

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