News Anchor (2 jobs open)

Job Description

Job Title: News Anchor

Station Name & Mailing Address: WEHT Eyewitness News
800 Marywood Dr.
Henderson, KY 42420

Evening Anchor – Evansville Indiana, DMA 109. Eyewitness News (WEHT-ABC 25 / WTVW-CW 7) is looking for an evening anchor to join an existing Team of seasoned professionals. Enthusiastic, flexible, solution focused, dynamic, community focus-connected team player to be a leader / mentor in the newsroom.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in journalism with a solid on-air performance, excellent writing skills, the ability to lead and teach others, and engage in the community as an ambassador for the station.
• Presents news stories and other content for all platforms daily.
• Ensures that all news content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality.
• Writes and delivers news stories in a clear and concise manner.
• Produces newscasts as needed and communicates clear directions with team members.
• Assists in writing, copy editing, researching, and coordinating news programming and other content.
• Acts as a field reporter as assigned.
• Conduct interviews with news personnel and others.
• Responds to breaking news and other urgent newsrooms situations as required in the studio and in the field.
• Participates in promotional activities including public appearances.
• Performs special projects and other duties as assigned.
• Edits video as assigned.
• Writes content for the website and other eMedia platforms.
• Interact with viewers/users on social media sites.

Required Skills

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, including proper use of grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• The ability to ad lib when required – accurately, precisely.
• The ability to take complicated material and relate it to an audience in a clear, complete, fair, and easy to understand manner.
• Minimum three years’ experience in news reporting and a minimum of two years’ experience anchoring.
• Superior on-air presence.
• Excellent news judgment with an expansive knowledge of local and national current events, history, newsmakers, and issues.
• Ability to develop, coach, and mentor others.
• A willingness to learn new skills and adapt when necessary.
• Proficiency with computers, telephones, copiers, scanners, fax machines and other office equipment.
• Ability to sit for long periods of time and lift cameras, tripods, and other standard multimedia journalist equipment in the field.

Education Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.
• Fluent in English.

Benefits

Health, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401K, Life Insurance

How to Apply

To apply online: https://nexstar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Nexstar

Nexstar Media Group is an EOE