Anchor / Multiskilled Journalist

Job Description

WVEC, 13News Now, the award-winning ABC station in Norfolk, VA, is seeking a dynamic, engaging, and enterprising anchor and on-air reporter to join our team.

The successful journalist will anchor and report on air. This person is someone deeply committed to local news who regularly breaks stories in their market and gets noticed. In addition, they must be an excellent storyteller, developer of sources and understand the news cycle extends to multiple platforms. That means you can create unique and shareable stories for all platforms. Prior anchor experience is preferred.

Responsibilities:
• Deliver on-air news reports in an engaging, exciting, and accurate manner.
• Enterprise compelling content that is engaging and can drive an audience to watch.
• Develop news sources for general assignment and special areas of interest.
• Need to have or develop skills to shoot, write and edit content for air as a multi-skilled journalist.
• Write and post daily on all digital platforms including social media.
• Transmit and present exciting live reports.
• Perform other tasks as required by supervisor.

Job Requirements:

Requirements:
• 5-7 years combined news anchoring and reporting/MSJ experience.
• Journalist and/or Mass Communications degree.
• A portfolio with examples of strong breaking, general, and feature news reporting as a multi-skilled journalist.
• Ability to generate creative, engaging, content-driven live shots.
• Strong social media skills, including an understanding on all social platforms – current and emerging – and the tenants of content marketing.
• Organizational skills and the ability to work under constant time pressure deadlines

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 63 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 [ Link removed ] -

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