Anchor​/MSJ

Anchor/MSJ role at TEGNA

Join TEGNA affiliate WVEC‑TV in Hampton, VA as a creative, innovative Anchor who serves the needs of our audience and community.

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in local communities by providing trusted local news and services. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly.

• 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.
• Journalism and/or Communication degree preferred.
• Understand the tenets of professional Journalism.
• Excellent, creative presentation and writing skills a must.

• Minimum 3‑5 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.
• Develop original content through social listening and independent sources.
• Deliver on‑air news events in an engaging, exciting, and accurate manner.
• Interview news subjects and research for facts and credibility.
• Write and post daily on all digital platforms including social media.
• Enterprise news stories.
• Write for the web, including attaching images and streaming video.
• Use creative production techniques such as graphics and new forms of media to enhance stories.

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, eye, fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance, disability and life insurance, 401(k) with matching, nine virtual doctor appointments, 12 therapy sessions, paid time off, and nine paid holidays.

Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement; some benefits may not apply.

TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to 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 law.

To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA recruiters or hiring managers will contact you regarding your application. Communications with TEGNA employees will use a TEGNA email address with a domain of  or an affiliate domain. Recruiters will never request payments or sensitive personal information.

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