The MMJ/Anchor creates and presents original news and other interesting content across broadcast, streaming, digital, social, and emerging platforms in a manner that is clear, engaging, and meaningful to consumers.
The successful candidate is an enterprising storyteller who can develop story ideas, report, write, shoot, edit, publish, and present content that connects with audiences wherever they consume information.
This position combines strong on-air presentation skills with the ability to create compelling content that informs, engages, and serves the communities we cover.
Responsibilities:
• Creates original news, feature, lifestyle, consumer, and other interesting content through enterprise reporting, research, interviews, and community engagement.
• Anchors live and recorded programming across broadcast and streaming platforms.
• Develops original story ideas and content that inform, engage, and grow audiences across multiple platforms.
• Produces original content for CW39+, including live streams, interviews, feature stories, special projects, and audience-focused programming.
• Shoots, writes, edits, publishes, and presents content independently as assigned.
• Creates content for digital and social platforms, including articles, videos, live streams, and audience engagement initiatives.
• Identifies trends, issues, people, and stories that matter to local audiences and develops compelling content around them.
• Collaborates with producers, reporters, photographers, and digital teams to create impactful multi-platform coverage.
• Writes and delivers content in a clear, conversational, authentic, and audience-focused manner.
• Conducts interviews with newsmakers, community leaders, subject matter experts, and members of the public.
• Responds to breaking news and other urgent newsroom situations as required.
• Participates in promotional activities, community events, and public appearances.
• Engages with viewers and users through social media and other digital platforms.
• Ensures that all content meets company standards for journalistic integrity, accuracy, and production quality.
• Performs special projects and other duties as assigned.
Requirements & Skills:
• Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism, Communications, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.
• Fluency in English.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to ad lib when required.
• Minimum five years' experience in reporting, anchoring, multimedia journalism, or content creation for news and media platforms.
• Superior on-air presence and live presentation skills.
• Strong storytelling abilities across broadcast, streaming, digital, and social platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to develop original story ideas and create enterprise content.
• Experience shooting, writing, editing, and publishing content across multiple platforms.
• News judgment with a strong understanding of current events, issues, and community interests.
• Ability to create content that informs, engages, and connects with diverse audiences.
• Strong social media and audience engagement skills.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple deadlines and priorities.
• Ability to effectively listen, understand challenges, and collaborate with a team to shape solutions.
• Proficiency with newsroom, editing, streaming, and digital publishing technologies.
• Valid driver's license with a good driving record.
• Flexibility to work any shift.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent education and work-related experience
- Fluency in English
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to ad lib
- At least five years of experience in reporting, anchoring, multimedia journalism, or news and media content creation
- Superior on-air presence and live presentation skills
- Strong storytelling abilities across broadcast, streaming, digital, and social platforms
- Ability to develop original story ideas and enterprise content
- Experience shooting, writing, editing, and publishing content across multiple platforms
- Strong news judgment and understanding of current events, issues, and community interests
- Ability to create content for diverse audiences
- Strong social media and audience engagement skills
- Ability to work independently while managing multiple deadlines and priorities
- Ability to listen effectively, understand challenges, and collaborate with a team
- Proficiency with newsroom, editing, streaming, and digital publishing technologies
- Valid driver's license and good driving record
- Flexibility to work any shift
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nexstar Media Group, Inc. and has not been reviewed or approved by Nexstar Media Group, Inc..
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is presented as comprehensive, covering medical, dental, vision, behavioral health, and an Employee Assistance Program. Disability and life insurance are also available, with optional protections like accident and critical illness coverage noted.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is offered and was expanded to provide up to six weeks of paid time for eligible employees. Family-support resources are complemented by mental‑health and EAP services.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, sick leave, and standard holidays are provided, with vacation that typically scales with tenure. These programs form part of a conventional large‑employer benefits menu.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Insights
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.
