Lead Local Sports Broadcaster & Daily Streaming Host

TEGNA, Inc.; Beaumont (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, eyeglass coverage

401(k) with company match

Teladoc and Spring Health benefits

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

TEGNA Inc. is seeking aCreative and enterprising Sports Director in Beaumont, TX to lead the station's sports product across broadcast, streaming, digital and social platforms.

You will set the editorial vision, host a daily streaming show, and build a following that travels with you to every story. This role requires strong editorial judgment, a proven ability to break stories, and the flexibility to work nights, weekends and holidays.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1-3 years of sports reporting and anchoring experience.
• Journalism or Communications degree preferred.
• Strong on-camera presence and the ability to write in an exciting, authentic and accurate voice.
• Proficiency shooting and editing with current field and nonlinear editing tools.
• Demonstrated social media following and a portfolio of original mobile and vertical content.
• Proven ability to develop sources and break stories.
• Exceptional organization and the ability to manage overlapping seasons, a daily show and breaking news at the same time.
• Sound editorial judgment and a firm grasp of the tenets of professional journalism.
• Willingness to work nights, weekends and holidays, with a schedule that follows the sports calendar.
• Ability to lift and carry field equipment.

Responsibilities

• Set the editorial direction for the station's sports coverage across broadcast, streaming, digital and social.
• Host and help produce a daily streaming sports show.
• Cover the Lamar Cardinals, including games, practices, news conferences, recruiting and the stories behind the program.
• Lead year-round high school sports coverage.
• Break news through cultivated sources, social listening and independent enterprise reporting.
• Develop story ideas and shoot, write, edit and voice your own content.
• Create mobile-first and vertical video built for the platform it lives on.
• Write and post daily to the website, the app and all social platforms.
• Build and maintain an active, credible personal social media presence that reflects the 12NEWS brand.
• Work with news managers and producers to integrate sports into daily newscasts and coordinate highlight coverage on busy game nights.
• Represent the station in the community and maintain strong relationships with coaches, athletic directors and sports information staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the News Director.

Skills

Sports reporting

Anchoring

On-camera presence

Shooting & editing

Social media

Source development

Live and breaking news

Organization

Education

Journalism or Communications degree

Job description

TEGNA Inc. is seeking aCreative and enterprising Sports Director in Beaumont, TX to lead the station's sports product across broadcast, streaming, digital and social platforms.

You will set the editorial vision, host a daily streaming show, and build a following that travels with you to every story. This role requires strong editorial judgment, a proven ability to break stories, and the flexibility to work nights, weekends and holidays.