Evening Anchor: Impact Reporter & On-Camera Lead

TEGNA; Davenport (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Teladoc and Spring Health access

Paid Time Off

Nine paid holidays

Job summary

TEGNA's WQAD-TV Davenport seeks a creative, enterprising Anchor who excels at on-camera communication and accountability reporting. You will work with producers to develop compelling, original stories for broadcast and digital platforms, and lead newsroom initiatives.

The ideal candidate has strong storytelling, interview skills, and the ability to engage audiences across TV and social media channels. This is a leadership-facing, high-visibility role within the Davenport newsroom.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Interview news subjects and research for facts and credibility.
• Enterprise news stories.
• Write for the web, including attaching images and streaming video.

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.
• Enterprise news stories.

Skills

News anchor experience

Journalism

Social media use

Editing/shooting

Interviewing

Education

Journalism or Communications degree

Job description

TEGNA's WQAD-TV Davenport seeks a creative, enterprising Anchor who excels at on-camera communication and accountability reporting. You will work with producers to develop compelling, original stories for broadcast and digital platforms, and lead newsroom initiatives.

The ideal candidate has strong storytelling, interview skills, and the ability to engage audiences across TV and social media channels. This is a leadership-facing, high-visibility role within the Davenport newsroom.