ROLE: FOX 5 San Diego/KUSI News duopoly is seeking a dynamic Weather Anchor for KUSI’s 5-hour long legacy weekday morning news. Successful candidate is digitally savvy, excels in ad-libbing and storytelling to drive engagement with viewers across multiple platforms.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Accurate and creative producing and reporting of daily weather and traffic forecast to support multiple live hits – using all resources available
- Anchors, produces and contributes content to digital platforms including station’s CTV streaming app, website and social media account
- Collaborates with producers, assignment desk, digital team to create timely and engaging reports across all platforms
- Must be able to ad-lib live breaking news with a strong ability to interact with anchors in studio
- Must be able to report live in the field and turn a pkg as needed
- Stays informed on current news and community events, digital and social trends to improve quality of content and promote station brand
- Develops community contacts and a network of news sources
- Maintain strong, professional social media presence to promote station brand
- Adhere to all company policies to uphold highest level of journalistic integrity
- Attend station partnerships in the community
- Additional duties as necessary
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- B.A. or B.S. degree preferably in Meteorology, Journalism or related education
- Prefer minimum 5 years TV news weather anchor experience in a medium to large market
REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must interact positively and productively with colleagues and management at all times
- Strong on-air presentation – must be credible, personable and passionate
- Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Must have strong organizational and time management skills and be detail-oriented
- Must be digitally savvy and technically nimble to take advantage of newsroom resources and adapt to change
- Must be able to accept and act on constructive direction and feedback
- Must be flexible with schedule and fill-in different shifts, weekends, holidays as needed
- Knowledge of WSI, Baron or similar weather forecasting system
- #LI-Onsite
- Compensation starting at $95k a year commensurate with experience and skill level.
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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.
