Description

About Gray Media:

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

Job Summary/Description:

KGNS+ is looking for a dynamic anchor to join our newsroom. The ideal candidate will anchor and co-produce our English evening newscasts and digital newscasts.

KGNS+, the dominant station in Laredo, TX, is searching for a news anchor. Our evening anchors contribute daily to elevating our team and newscasts and an ambassadors of the station, championing our community initiatives. This is a high-profile position demanding leadership and initiative. The person we hire must make a daily and noticeable impact on our product.

In addition to anchoring duties on evening news, this position will include delivering news content for digital, streaming, and social media platforms. We're looking for a creative, experienced storyteller to find and share high-quality reports.

Duties/Responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):

* Anchor our market-leading Monday-Friday evening newscasts
* Exercise a strong news judgment, research complicated stories, and determine the content and quality of newscasts
* Act as a supervising producer during the late newscasts
* Read/copy edit news scripts before each show
* Be a digital-first journalist, posting compelling content to social media and the station's digital platforms
* Be involved in the community, emceeing events, and making public appearances as requested by the station
* Be ready to report/field anchor when major breaking news happens
* Report and produce regular franchise stories

Qualifications/Requirements:

* 2 years of professional newsroom and on-air experience preferred
* Anchoring, producing, and reporting experience
* An engaging and comfortable on-air personality
* Ability to enterprise and produce compelling content from start to finish
* Ability to use exceptional news judgment to prioritize tasks and assignments
* Ability to communicate effectively with newsroom managers, producers, and co-workers
* Must be an excellent writer
* Knowledge of journalism ethics and legal issues; a College Degree is required
* Ability to meet daily news deadlines
* Strong organizational skills and possess the ability to multitask and work under pressure
* Knowledge of ENPS, Edius, Bitcentral Oasis, or Arc CMS is a plus.

If you feel you're qualified and want to work with a great group of people, 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 who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)

KGNS-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Additional Info:

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.