Job Description

Sports Anchor/MMJ - KTIV

Gray Media is looking for an energetic, creative, and community-focused Weekend Sports Anchor to join our newsroom. This position is ideal for a strong storyteller who is passionate about local sports, thrives under deadline pressure, and knows how to connect with viewers across broadcast, digital, and social platforms.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Anchor weekend sportscasts and deliver engaging, accurate, and conversational sports coverage.
• Enterprise, shoot, write, edit, and present sports stories for broadcast, digital, mobile, and social platforms.
• Cover local high school, college, professional, and community sports events as assigned.
• Produce compelling sports content under tight deadlines.
• Develop strong contacts with coaches, athletes, athletic departments, schools, and community organizations.
• Contribute sports content during the week, including feature stories, previews, recaps, and digital updates.
• Post timely and engaging content to the station website, app, and social media platforms.
• Shoot and edit video using newsroom equipment and editing software.
• Collaborate with producers, reporters, photographers, digital staff, and newsroom managers.
• Represent the station professionally in the community.
• Assist with special sports coverage, including playoffs, tournaments, signing days, and major local sporting events.
• Follow journalistic standards for fairness, accuracy, ethics, and professionalism.
• Perform other duties as assigned by newsroom leadership.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, broadcasting, or related field preferred.
• Previous experience anchoring, reporting, shooting, and editing sports content preferred.
• Strong on-air presence with excellent writing, storytelling, and live presentation skills.
• Ability to shoot, write, edit, and post stories independently.
• Strong knowledge of local, regional, and national sports.
• Must be comfortable working nights, weekends, holidays, and flexible schedules as news and sports coverage require.
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong digital and social media skills.
• Valid driver's license and good driving record required.
• Must be a team player with a positive attitude and strong work ethic.
• Ability to lift and carry equipment as needed.
• Must demonstrate sound editorial judgment and commitment to accuracy.

Preferred Skills: Experience with ENPS, iNews, Edius, Adobe Premiere, or similar newsroom/editing systems.

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

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