What are the responsibilities and job description for the Traffic Anchor/Journalist position at TEGNA?
About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism, engaging content, and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions, we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. For more information, visit TEGNA.com.
WKYC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Cleveland, is looking for a dynamic, enterprising morning traffic reporter/multi-skilled journalist to join our signature morning show “GO!” Previous traffic experience is preferred, but MSJ’s are encouraged to apply if they’re willing to be trained. The successful candidate is a team player and newsroom leader with excellent communication skills and proven ability to skillfully ad lib in any live situation. This candidate must work skillfully with an ensemble morning broadcast team.
This candidate must have the ability to provide the latest traffic information during our morning newscast, “GO!” and have flexibility to work additional shifts, dates and major events. Candidate must be able to utilize our traffic system to report on breaking accidents, jams, and other traffic-related issues during the morning drive. This candidate will also report on traffic on all platforms as a multimedia journalist to inform viewers about traffic projects, construction, and traffic news stories that impact our audience. As a traffic multimedia journalist, traffic news will be the beat for the candidate. The candidate must be a strong, enterprising reporter with the ability to cultivate sources, interview, shoot, write, voice and edit compelling traffic stories. Candidate must be connected to the community, fully understand the market and connect with the audience on all platforms.
Broadcast skills are important and so is the ability to write and report for the web – quickly and clearly. Along with a resume and audition reel, you will be asked to send links to recent digital work.
We believe our newsroom culture sets 3News apart because of our news managers’ strong commitment to our employees’ professional growth, training, regular feedback, and mentoring. If you're a great teammate who seeks a collaborative newsroom culture, we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
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To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background. Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of tegna.com or one of our affiliate station domains.
Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
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TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism, engaging content, and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions, we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. For more information, visit TEGNA.com.
WKYC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Cleveland, is looking for a dynamic, enterprising morning traffic reporter/multi-skilled journalist to join our signature morning show “GO!” Previous traffic experience is preferred, but MSJ’s are encouraged to apply if they’re willing to be trained. The successful candidate is a team player and newsroom leader with excellent communication skills and proven ability to skillfully ad lib in any live situation. This candidate must work skillfully with an ensemble morning broadcast team.
This candidate must have the ability to provide the latest traffic information during our morning newscast, “GO!” and have flexibility to work additional shifts, dates and major events. Candidate must be able to utilize our traffic system to report on breaking accidents, jams, and other traffic-related issues during the morning drive. This candidate will also report on traffic on all platforms as a multimedia journalist to inform viewers about traffic projects, construction, and traffic news stories that impact our audience. As a traffic multimedia journalist, traffic news will be the beat for the candidate. The candidate must be a strong, enterprising reporter with the ability to cultivate sources, interview, shoot, write, voice and edit compelling traffic stories. Candidate must be connected to the community, fully understand the market and connect with the audience on all platforms.
Broadcast skills are important and so is the ability to write and report for the web – quickly and clearly. Along with a resume and audition reel, you will be asked to send links to recent digital work.
We believe our newsroom culture sets 3News apart because of our news managers’ strong commitment to our employees’ professional growth, training, regular feedback, and mentoring. If you're a great teammate who seeks a collaborative newsroom culture, we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Provide multiple daily traffic reports as part of an ensemble morning show and report on important traffic local stories affecting the community
- Generate unique, compelling and innovative story/show ideas and content.
- Report live from the field.
- Skilled at calmly handling live, breaking traffic situations and changing events in conversational manner with an ensemble team.
- Develop story ideas, cultivate traffic sources, write, shoot and edit enterprise traffic stories for on-air broadcasting that offer a unique traffic perspective.
- Excellent, creative presentation and writing skills a must.
- Write and post daily on all digital platforms.
- Strong social media skills, including an active presence on social platforms for news gathering/disseminating and community engagement.
- Community and/or talent appearances.
- Perform other tasks as required
- Journalism or Mass Communication degree preferred and one to three years broadcasting experience
- Previous traffic reporting experience preferred but not mandatory
- Proven strength in on-camera delivery with the ability to ad-lib.
- Excellent writing, packaging, and live skills.
- Must be able to report in a broad range of styles, from field anchoring to studio touchscreen
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure.
- Knowledge of ENPS and Edius, a plus.
- Knowledge of PowerPoint, a plus.
- Strong social media presence.
- Familiarity with Cleveland or a reason to relocate here will set your application apart.
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
- Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
Recruiting Fraud Alert
To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background. Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of tegna.com or one of our affiliate station domains.
Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
Privacy Notice for California Residents
SMS Messaging Privacy Policy
