WBKO, a Gray Media station, is hiring a News Anchor/Producer to join our team in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This role is crucial for our morning and midday newscasts, requiring a professional who can make our dominant #1 station’s programming unique and memorable.
What You'll Do
- Deliver on-air news events in an engaging, exciting, and accurate manner.
- Use editorial judgment to help determine the content of the newscasts.
- Work with reporters and the news team to create unique, fast-paced newscasts.
- Use creative production techniques such as graphics and new forms of media to enhance newscasts and stories.
- Write for the web and post daily on all digital platforms, including social media, and attach images and streaming video.
- Interview news subjects and research for facts and credibility.
- Deliver breaking news coverage and special event coverage to the community at large.
- Edit video for broadcasts and the web.
- Report live on the scene in breaking news or weather.
- Participate in community events and make public appearances on behalf of the station as assigned.
- Perform other tasks as required by news managers.
- Follow clothing and appearance guidelines set by news managers.
What We're Looking For
- Must be able to work flexible days and hours.
- Ability to handle moderate to high stress and deadline pressure.
- Successful completion of an MVR Check.
Nice to Have
- A degree in broadcast journalism.
- Strong editorial skills and a working knowledge of AP and Broadcast Style.
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.
