Sports Anchor / Reporter / MMJ

Job Description

Sports Anchor / Reporter / MMJ

About Gray Media:
Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 45 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.
About WAVE:
WAVE is the first television station to sign on in Kentucky and Southern Indiana and has a rich history of being the area's most trusted source for local news, weather, and sports. WAVE is the official television station for the Kentucky Derby and is known across the country for its award-winning journalism and breakthrough investigations. As part of the Gray Media family, WAVE is on the leading edge of innovation, constantly investing in the tools and technology to best serve our audiences on all screens with original and local multi-platform content. WAVE is in the heart of downtown Louisville, where technology, filmmaking, tourism, sports, education, health, and music make Louisville one of the most industry-diverse metro areas in the nation.
Job Summary/Description:
WAVE in Louisville, Kentucky, is tackling sports in an innovative way. Our team is looking for a great storyteller to help us cover everything from the Kentucky Derby and high school football to the University of Louisville, Bellarmine, University of Kentucky, Western Kentucky University, Indiana University and more.
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Anchor sports on weekends and as scheduled during the week, including WAVE sports streaming programming
- Research and create daily content for television, social/web/streaming platforms, live shots, and packages
- Identifying and enterprising relevant local feature stories
- Enterprise has unique ways to cover sports in the Louisville market while engaging our audience
- Creating and facilitating working relationships with the local sports community
- Travel may be necessary to cover local sports teams
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Proven track record of context and depth on sports stories that go beyond highlights
- Must be able to work as a team or alone
- Good work ethic, strong people skills, team player, and work flexibility
- This position will involve working weekends and some holidays as needed
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 who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
WAVE-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-5bzpje-216-73-216-23-42 in your application.