Weekend Anchor & Multiskilled Journalist

TEGNA, Inc.; Toledo (OH); On-site; USD 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan options

Dental & vision

Fertility support

Disability insurance

401(k) with match

Teladoc visits

Spring Health therapy

PTO

Paid holidays

Job summary

WTOL 11 in Toledo, part of TEGNA Inc., seeks a Weekend Anchor/Multi-Skilled Journalist to lead weekend newscasts and report during the week across TV, digital and streaming. The role involves shooting and editing, building sources, and shaping coverage for the local Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan communities.

You will anchor weekends with credibility and warmth, work with producers, develop enterprise stories, and contribute to digital and streaming platforms while meeting deadlines and

Qualifications

• Strong reporting, writing, interviewing and storytelling skills.
• Engaging on-air presence and natural communication beyond a script.
• Sound news judgment with commitment to accuracy, fairness and ethics.
• Ability to shoot and edit video independently and meet deadlines.
• Understanding of storytelling across broadcast, digital, social and streaming.
• Willingness to work weekends, evenings and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Anchor weekend newscasts with credibility and warmth.
• Collaborate with producers on news coverage, writing and presentation.
• Develop, pitch, shoot, write and edit original stories reflecting life across the region.
• Build trusted sources and community relationships for enterprise reporting.
• Deliver live reports and adapt as stories develop.
• Write and update digital stories, contribute to streaming and social platforms.
• Ensure accuracy, context and follow-up from breaking updates to next day.

Skills

Reporting

Writing

Interviewing

Storytelling

On-air presence

Communication beyond script

News judgment

Ethics in journalism

Shoot and edit

Deadline management

Broadcast storytelling

Digital storytelling

Social storytelling

Initiative

Adaptability

Weekend work

Evenings

Holidays

TV reporting experience

Anchoring experience

Tools

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Job description

WTOL 11 in Toledo, part of TEGNA Inc., seeks a Weekend Anchor/Multi-Skilled Journalist to lead weekend newscasts and report during the week across TV, digital and streaming. The role involves shooting and editing, building sources, and shaping coverage for the local Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan communities.

You will anchor weekends with credibility and warmth, work with producers, develop enterprise stories, and contribute to digital and streaming platforms while meeting deadlines and