Anchor / Multi-Skilled Journalist

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism, engaging content, and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions, we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. For more information, visit TEGNA.com.

WCNC-TV, the TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina, has an amazing opportunity for a creative, innovative, and enterprising Anchor/Multi-Skilled Journalist who is an excellent on-camera communicator to help serve the needs of our audience and community. We are looking for a journalist who excels at both accountability reporting and breaking news. We are seeking candidates who will trailblaze the future of news, find and defend the truth, and tell the stories of our community. This anchor should be someone who is comfortable asking tough but fair questions. This journalist must be able to work with producers to develop smart and engaging newscasts. We are looking for someone who understands the “why” behind stories and excels at impact journalism. The Anchor is a newsroom leader who will be one of the faces of the station in charge of developing contacts and relationships in the community enabling them to create and present unique, compelling, and innovative stories of interest.  

Candidates should have examples of strong anchoring, breaking news reporting, and creative storytelling. We need someone who is deeply committed to local news, a natural competitor-wanting to consistently break lead stories in the Charlotte market, and loves covering breaking news and weather and seeking out solutions for our community.

 Responsibilities: 

• Anchor newscasts, and cut-ins, along with any breaking news either on-air or on our digital platforms.
• Generate viewer and brand focused story/show ideas and content.
• Deliver stories on-air/digital platforms in an engaging, informative, and conversational manner.
• Excellent use of social media for news gathering/disseminating and community engagement.
• Produce short-and-long form community content/specials for multiple platforms.
• Work with management, producers, and reporters to create an engaging newscast, write and copy edit to improve all content every day.
• Represent WCNC-TV at community events.
• Take leadership role in newscast production with strong news judgement.
• Perform other tasks as required by management.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor degree in communications or related field
• Minimum of three - five years of on-air experience as a news reporter
• Must be able to report in a broad range of styles with good on-air/live presentation skills.
• Strong on-camera delivery with the ability to ad-lib.
• Demonstrated ability to post graphics and content to various digital media platforms.
• Excellent, creative presentation and writing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and deadline driven environment.
• Strong social media presence.
• Passion for being involved in the community and ability to build new connections.
• Innovative mindset that generates creative solutions on projects.
• Availability to work a flexible schedule
• Current valid driver’s license and excellent driving history

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.

EEO statement:

TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com 

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