News Anchor

Job Description

News Anchor - WCJB

NEWS ANCHOR (EVENING) - WCJB

About WCJB:

WCJB TV20 ABC Affiliate - #1 rated legacy broadcast TV station located in beautiful North Central Florida (the Gainesville market) has a proud heritage and an energetic newsroom. WCJB TV20 is the market leader, with viewers relying on us for news, weather, and sports coverage from Your Local Station. Along with the market's strongest news ratings, and ever-expanding digital platforms, we deliver results for our advertisers. Gainesville is a sports town, and we cover our local high school sports teams with the same fervor we bring to our constant coverage of Florida Gator sports.

Although best known as the home of the University of Florida, Gainesville is also a medical hub with nationally recognized institutions including UF Health/Shands Hospital and North Florida Regional Medical Center. Corporations

Job Summary/Description:

WCJB is seeking a candidate regularly responsible for anchoring newscasts and periodically working on spotlight reporter stories. The select candidate should be a newsroom leader and should help with story generation and willing to anchor from the field at times. The candidate should thrive in breaking news situations and urgent/active delivery. This position requires a person who is digital savvy and can engage with viewers on-air and online. This candidate must be able to shoot, edit and write, while still working in the collaborative environment of the newsroom. The select candidate must demonstrate flexibility in the newsroom and on-air, and present an energetic personality while delivering the news. The select candidate must be a team player.

Duties/Responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):
- Write news stories under deadline
- Present news in urgent & active manner
- Shoot, edit & write as a reporter on special reports
- Produce content for wcjb.com
- Follow strategic plan for newsroom
- Assist with producing newscasts as a ''command anchor''
- Pitch story ideas in line with mission of newsroom
- Must have excellent people skills to deal with wide range of staff members and experience levels
- Must show ability to connect with the audience

Qualifications/Requirements:
- Minimum of 2 years anchoring
- College degree or equivalent job experience in a journalism related field
- Leadership skills
- Exceptional news judgment
- Professional knowledge of news operations are required

Interested applicants may 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 that are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro employee portal)

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

Gray Television encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus prior to or by the first workday.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rn42ek-18-191-46-36-42 in your application.