Live Desk Anchor/Reporter

Sinclair Broadcast Group; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Sinclair Broadcast Group seeks a take-charge Live Desk Anchor/Reporter for KUTV’s morning show to drive live desk segments and digital content. The role combines live anchoring, real-time news gathering, and engaging storytelling across broadcast and online platforms.

The candidate should have strong writing and copy-editing skills, be an active social-media user, and work under pressure to meet tight deadlines. A journalism degree is preferred, with 4 years of reporting experience highly valued.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience as a reporter.
• Strong writing and copy-editing skills.
• Experience with live desk anchoring preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field preferred.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Research, investigate, write, and present stories for multiple platforms.
• Engage with local community members.
• Review material for fairness, accuracy, and balance.
• Collaborate with Producers, Editors, Anchors, and News Management.
• Produce live desk segments in real-time for the morning newscast.

Skills

Storytelling across platforms

Strong writing

Copy-editing

Social media

Live desk anchoring

News gathering

Interviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Newsroom systems

Job description

KUTVis looking for a take-chargeLive Desk Anchor/Reporterfor our morning show to help us continue to grow and empower our audiences! We are seeking a motivated, energetic, creative, and aggressive anchor who can think and perform outside the box. The ideal candidate should be able to develop story ideas and gather information, prioritizing anchoring from our live desk during key morning newscasts and for our digital platforms.

Anchoring on the live desk is a specialized role.The ideal candidate must follow what’s happening locally, nationally, globally: then produce live desk segments in real-time on the morning newscast.They will be an active and savvy social-media user with strong digital newsgathering skills.After the newscast is finished for the day, the ideal candidate will then work as a reporter, creating content for broadcast and digital platforms.This content may be prioritized for future morning newscasts, YouTube, and other platforms.The ideal candidate should also have sound writing skills, a great work ethic, and a can-do attitude.

No day will look the same as a Live Desk Anchor/Reporter; however the main responsibilities of the role will include:

• Research, investigate, write, and present meaningful and timely stories for station newscasts that can be used across multiple platforms
• Engaging with local community members
• Reviewing material for fairness, accuracy, and balance
• Work closely with all members of the news team, which would include Producers, Editors, Anchors, News Management, etc.

Additionally, this person should have...

• Proven knowledge and experience working with current media creation tools and contemporary newsroom systems
• Excel in storytelling across multiple platforms
• Strong writing and copy-editing skills are a must
• 4years of experience as a reporter.
• Live Desk, or similar anchoring experience preferred.
• Ability to produce breaking news segments independently.
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field preferred
• Must be able to work well under pressure to meet strict deadlines

Sinclair is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.