KXAN seeks a dynamic multimedia journalist to lead our livestreaming platforms, delivering breaking news and original content across our connected TV app, YouTube channel, website and social media platforms. This role also includes enterprise, investigative and daily news reporting focused on Central Texas.
Livestream anchor responsibilities:
- Produce and anchor breaking news, active weather and live event coverage using video, graphics, sound and guest interviews.
- Work with newsroom to identify and execute livestream opportunities.
- Oversee livestream content, ensuring high-quality production, accuracy and audience engagement.
- Develop new livestream concepts and interactive programming.
- Experience with Akta and vMix streaming tools preferred.
Content creation responsibilities:
- Create original daily reports for KXAN.com, social media and streaming platforms.
- Create video-on-demand content from livestreams and original reporting.
- Produce and edit vertical video for YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels and other platforms.
- Optimize YouTube content through strong packaging, including headlines, thumbnails, descriptions and metadata.
- Analyze audience trends and performance data to improve reach and engagement.
- Produce multimedia stories that support livestream coverage and drive original reporting.
- Share content across Nexstar’s digital network
Successful candidates should:
- Demonstrate strong news judgment and newswriting skills
- Have strong, charismatic on-air presence
- Be able to ad-lib in dynamic situations
- Be highly organized, designing workflows for efficient distribution of content across various platforms
- 3+ years’ experience in a local newsroom preferred
Education:
- Degree in journalism, video production or other fields related to media content management
Skills Required
- Degree in journalism, video production or related field
- Strong news judgment and newswriting skills
- Charismatic on-air presence
- Ability to ad-lib in dynamic situations
- Highly organized with workflows for multi-platform content distribution
- 3+ years experience in a local newsroom
- Experience with Akta and vMix streaming tools
What We Do
Nexstar Media Group is the largest TV station operator in the country. With the reach of 171 full power television stations in 100 markets addressing nearly 38.9% of US television households, and a diversified, growing digital media operation, Nexstar Media Group offers superior audience engagement across all media devices and local broadcast television’s unrivalled influence on consumers’ purchasing and political decisions. In 20 years, Nexstar has grown from a single station to the nation’s largest television company. This growth is fueled by an organization-wide commitment to delivering exceptional service to our communities and outstanding results for our advertisers. From the very beginning, Nexstar has cultivated an organization-wide commitment to providing superior, unique local content that is relevant to each of the communities it serves, while offering local businesses, advertisers and brands the ability to engage and connect with local communities.
