Sports Anchor / MSJ

Job Description

Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
Do you love sports storytelling and want to work at a station that values local teams and exclusive coverage rights for Boise State? KTVB News in Boise, ID, is looking for a creative, energetic, multi-skilled journalist/Part-time Anchor to join our sports department. If you're curious, want to bring fresh ideas, innovative style, work in the newsroom, and in the field - we want to hear from you. This position allows the perfect candidate to report and anchor unique sportscasts that inform and inspire audiences in one of the strongest TV stations in the country. Applicants should have breaking sports experience, strong editorial judgment, and fully understand the needs of our audience across all our platforms. This position will allow you to shine in various positions…from anchoring to shooting, writing, reporting, and producing. If this sounds like the job for you - apply now!

Responsibilities:
• Encourage innovation and risk-taking in crafting great sportscasts through emotion and showcasing
• Shoot, write, and edit stories for on-air broadcasting and digital platforms, including streaming
• Experience with anchoring sports segments
• Ability to generate creative, engaging, content-driven live shots
• Strong social media skills, including an active news hound presence on IG, Twitter, Facebook and other accounts
• Have a good understanding of social media platforms to incorporate into newscasts.
• Write in a conversational and captivating style
• Enterprise sports ideas
• Work collaboratively with other producers and staff members to plan sporting event coverage
• Use creative production techniques such as graphics, viewer pictures, webcam interviews, etc. to enhance stories
• Transmit and present engaging live reports with current technology
• Perform other tasks as required by sports director or news managers
Requirements:
• BA/BS in journalism, communications, or related field
• 1-3 years of experience preferred
• Understanding the tenets of professional journalism
• Skills in producing engaging, content-driven sportscasts and digital content
• Knowledge in photojournalism, editing, and content management systems
• Enterprise sports ideas, write, shoot, and edit stories for all platforms
• Knowledge of ENPS, Edius, and Axis graphics a plus
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA's 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor's appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-8661nm-216-73-216-0-42 in your application.