Pay Range: $17-$21 per hour
Benefits: Our benefits package for part-time non-union employees includes a 401(k) with company matching contributions, and any leave/sick options required per state.
Responsibilities :
- Presents sports stories, updates, and game summaries for broadcast across all platforms in a clear, concise, and engaging manner.
- Writes, orders, and balances sports news, stories, and feature content to create compelling broadcasts.
- Writes content for the website, podcast platforms, and other eMedia outlets, while interacting with listeners and users on social media.
- Conducts interviews with a wide array of sports guests and newsmakers.
- Ensures that all sports content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality.
- Assists in researching, copy editing, and coordinating sports programming; responds to breaking sports news and urgent newsroom situations as required.
- Performs special projects and other duties as assigned.
Requirements & Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, 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 on-air hosting. (More or less depending on market size.)
- Superior on-air presence.
- Excellent news judgment with an expansive knowledge of local and national current events, history, newsmakers and issues.
- Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and to coach, mentor or otherwise help others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Proficiency with computers, telephones, copiers, scanners, fax machines and other office equipment.
- Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to effectively listen to fully understand problems and communicate with a team to shape a solution.
- Flexibility to work any shift including overnights.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism or related field, or equivalent experience
- Fluency in English
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to ad-lib
- Minimum five years' experience in on-air hosting (market-dependent)
- Superior on-air presence
- Excellent news judgment and broad knowledge of local and national sports/current events
- Ability to coach, mentor, and develop others
- Proficiency with computers and common office equipment
- Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments, and handle multiple tasks
- Effective listening and team communication skills
- Flexibility to work any shift, including overnights
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.
