# Weekend Anchor /MMJ

**Company**: TEGNA
**Location**: Phoenix
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Communications

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## Description

We are seeking a creative, innovative, and enterprising Anchor who is an excellent on-camera communicator to help serve the needs of our audience and community at KPNX-TV Phoenix, a TEGNA NBC affiliate. The ideal candidate will excel at both accountability reporting and breaking news, and be able to work with producers to develop smart and engaging newscasts.

Responsibilities:

- Use editorial judgment to help determine content of the newscasts.

- Work with producer and team to create unique, fast-paced innovative newscasts.

- Use social media to determine content of newscasts and highlight big social stories.

- Write and post daily on all digital platforms including social media.

- Develop story ideas, write, shoot and edit news stories for on-air broadcasting.

- Develop original content through social listening and independent sources.

- Perform other tasks as required by supervisor or executive producer.

Requirements:

- Minimum 5-7 years news anchor/reporting experience.

- Develop story ideas, write, shoot and edit news stories for television, mobile and social platforms.

- Write in an exciting, captivating, and authentic manner.

- Use the latest editing and photography tools to tell great stories.

- Deliver on-air news events in an engaging, exciting, and accurate manner.

- Interview news subjects and research for facts and credibility.

Benefits:

- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and eye care coverage.

- 401(k) program with company match.

- Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays.

- Access to virtual doctor's appointments and therapy sessions.

## Skills

### Required
- journalism
- communication
- social media
- video editing
- photography

### Nice to have
- accountability reporting
- breaking news
- impact journalism

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