The News/Sports MMJ serves as a key storyteller and on-air presenter across all platforms, delivering both news and sports content in a clear, engaging, and meaningful way. This position will focus on covering a blend of daily news and local sports, producing compelling sports features, vertical video, and contributing to a sports-focused show. The role will also be an integral part of Buffalo Bills postgame coverage, including hosting, interviews, and analysis. Additionally, this journalist will create content for digital, mobile, and Connected TV (CTV) platforms.
Responsibilities
- Report and produce original stories as a Multimedia Journalist, covering both general assignment news and sports
- Develop and produce sports feature stories highlighting local teams, athletes, and community impact
- Create and produce vertical video content for digital and social platforms
- Contribute to a sports-focused show, including pitching ideas, producing segments, and appearing on-air
- Participate in Buffalo Bills postgame show, including hosting, interviews, and analysis
- Produce content for multiple platforms, including television, digital, mobile, and Connected TV (CTV)
- Build and maintain strong sources in both news and sports communities
- Contribute to digital- and CTV-exclusive content, including breaking news, explainers, and feature stories
- Perform special projects and other duties as assigned
- Salary - $42,000 to $46,000 annually
Requirements & Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Communication, Journalism, or a related field required (or equivalent experience)
- Two (2) years of anchoring and/or reporting experience preferred, with sports experience a plus
- Proven storytelling ability across both news and sports content
- Experience shooting, writing, and editing content independently
- Strong understanding of digital platforms, social media, and vertical video strategies
- Passion for sports storytelling, especially feature-driven content
- Strong knowledge of local and professional sports, with the ability to contribute to team coverage (including Buffalo Bills)
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Communication, Journalism, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Two years of anchoring and/or reporting experience
- Proven storytelling ability across both news and sports content
- Experience shooting, writing, and editing content independently
- Strong understanding of digital platforms, social media, and vertical video strategies
- Passion for sports storytelling, especially feature-driven content
- Strong knowledge of local and professional sports, including ability to contribute to Buffalo Bills coverage
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.
