Weekend Sports Anchor/Digital Producer

Nexstar MediaAlbuquerque, New Mexico

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Overview

Schedule

Full-time

Career level

Senior-level

Job Description

KRQE News 13, is looking for a Weekend Sports Anchor/Digital Producer who lives and breathes local sports and storytelling. If you’re a go-getter who can shine on-air and thrive online — this role is for you.

You’ll anchor weekend sportscasts, shoot and edit your own content, and deliver compelling sports coverage. During the week, you’ll shift gears into a digital role—writing, reporting, and promoting stories across platforms, while helping create and produce content for our CTV streaming service.

We’re building a true multi-platform newsroom, and we want someone who can lead by example—bringing energy, creativity, and strong storytelling to every screen.

Develops and leads winning strategy for station content
Expert understanding of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms
Reviews copy and will correct errors in content, grammar, and punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines
Use our Social Media and Website to build and reinforce brand recognition and drive viewers to television
Determines a story's emphasis, length, and format, and organizes material accordingly
Research and analyze background information related to news stories in order to be able to provide complete and accurate information
Gathers information about events through research, interviews, experience or attendance at political, news, sports, artistic, social or other functions
Pitches on-brand local and trending stories during morning meetings
Checks reference materials such as books, news files or public records to obtain relevant facts
Shoots and edits content for on-air and digital
Produces reports for all platforms
Ensures that all content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality
Builds and calendars digital campaigns to promote local shows and specials.
Writes stories for the web and other digital platforms
Performs other duties as assigned
Finds new ways to use Social Media and our website to engage with viewers

Requirements & Skills:

Degree in journalism; daily newspaper or news site experience required; live, working web samples and/or print pages preferred
Proficiency in Associated Press style, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Basic HTML preferred
CSS, Flash and other relevant technology skills is a plus
Maintain positive work environment through active team participation and cooperation with co-workers in all departments
Responds positively to feedback

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