Morning News Anchor

The Morning News Anchor presents news stories and content across all platforms, ensuring journalistic integrity and production quality. This role involves writing and delivering news clearly, producing newscasts, and coordinating with team members. The anchor also acts as a field reporter, conducts interviews, responds to breaking news, participates in promotional activities, edits video, writes for digital platforms, and interacts with viewers on social media.

Must Have

• Present news stories across all platforms.
• Ensure journalistic integrity and production quality.
• Write and deliver news clearly and concisely.
• Produce newscasts and direct team members.
• Assist in news programming (writing, editing, research).
• Act as a field reporter when assigned.
• Conduct interviews.
• Respond to breaking news.
• Participate in promotional activities.
• Edit video clips.
• Write content for digital platforms.
• Interact with viewers on social media.
• Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism or related field.
• Fluent in English.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Minimum five years’ news reporting or anchoring experience.
• Superior on-air presence.
• Excellent news judgment and knowledge of current events.
• Experience in guiding, directing, and motivating teams.
• Proficiency with computers and office equipment.
• Ability to manage deadlines and multiple tasks.
• Effective listening and team communication skills.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Flexibility to work any shift.

The News Anchor serves as the primary presenter of news stories and other content for all platforms in a manner that is clear, engaging and meaningful to news consumers.

• Presents news stories and other content for all platforms.
• 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 and communicates clear direction with team members.
• Assists in writing, copy editing, researching and coordinating news programming and other content.
• Acts as a field reporter as assigned.
• Conducts interviews with news personnel and others.
• Responds to breaking news and other urgent newsrooms situations as required.
• Participates in promotional activities including public appearances.
• Performs special projects and other duties as assigned.
• Edits video clips as assigned.
• Writes content for the website and other eMedia platforms.
• Interacts with viewers/users on social media sites.
• All other duties assigned
• LI-Onsite

Requirements & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.
• Fluency in English.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written with the ability to ad lib when required.
• Minimum five years’ experience in news reporting or anchoring. (More or less depending on market size.)
• Superior on-air presence.
• Excellent news judgment with an expansive knowledge of local and national current events, history, newsmakers and issues.
• Experience guiding, directing and motivating others.
• Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and to coach, mentor or otherwise help others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Proficiency with computers, telephones, copiers, scanners, fax machines and other office equipment.
• Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to effectively listen to fully understand problems and communicate with a team to shape a solution.
• Valid driver’s license with a good driving record.
• Flexibility to work any shift.