| Date Posted | May 26, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Industry | TV Jobs |
| Job Status | Not Specified |
Description:
ABC7-DC has an immediate opening for a Sports Anchor/Reporter. If you are a passionate and energetic storyteller who can enterprise and deliver fast-paced, visually compelling multi-platform content, then this is the job for you. In addition to covering our professional teams, you will find and cover a variety of unique, local sports and sports-related human interest stories. You must be someone who understands and embraces a 'digital first' reporting strategy.
Skills and Experience:
- Must be able to research, shoot, edit, write, and report stories, and be willing to put the time to track down important stories wherever they may lead.
- Must be a self-starter who thrives in fast-paced newsroom under deadline pressure and has experience in all facets of media
- Polished live anchoring skills with the ability to ad-lib are a necessity.
- Strong broadcast and AP style writing skills
- Proficient at posting content to websites
- Must have sharp news judgement.
- While we work as a team you must have the ability to work well independently
- Must have and maintain a valid license and a good driving record
Requirements and Qualifications:
- A minimum of 3 years reporting experience is required.
- Anchor experience required.
- College degree in journalism or communications strongly preferred.
- Experience with live shots is required.
- Must be able to work flexible schedule as needed.
- Must have mastery of social media tools, including Facebook and twitter and must understand how to properly leverage their use on-air and online
- Expected to produce daily content on a variety of platforms including, the web, social networking sites and mobile phones, in addition to television.
While applying online, please include a link to your online demo reel
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace!
About Us
Make your mark in Media with Sinclair Broadcast Group, a diversified media company dedicated to connecting people with content everywhere! We have consistently led the broadcast industry since our inception, and now Sinclair owns the largest regional sports network business and one of the largest television broadcast portfolios in the country. Also, we have affiliations with all of the major broadcast networks, our own Tennis Channel, and several multicast networks including TBD and Comet. Our content is distributed over-the-air, on multi-video providers, and through our industry-leading digital media platforms. We also recently launched a free TV streaming service called STIRR. Our success is the direct result of our extraordinary employees and management team who believe in our vision and are dedicated to ensuring a great future for our employees. We are advancing the world of Media and want YOU to join our winning team!
About the Team
The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good? Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let's talk!