Reporter / Weekend Anchor – CBS Television Stations – Pittsburgh, PA

CBS BUSINESS UNIT: CBS Television Stations

JOB TYPE: Full-Time Staff

JOB SCHEDULE: Full-Time

JOB LOCATION: Pittsburgh, PA

ABOUT US:

CBS Television Stations consists of 29 owned-and-operated stations, including 16 that are part of the CBS Television Network, eight affiliates of The CW Network, three independent stations and two MyNetworkTV affiliates. Among its stations are WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV (New York), KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV (Los Angeles), WBBM-TV (Chicago), KYW-TV and WPSG-TV (Philadelphia), KTVT-TV and KTXA-TV (Dallas-Ft. Worth), KPIX-TV and KBCW-TV (San Francisco), WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV (Boston), WUPA-TV (Atlanta), WWJ-TV and WKBD-TV (Detroit), KSTW-TV (Seattle), WTOG-TV (Tampa-St. Petersburg), WCCO-TV (Minneapolis), KCNC-TV (Denver), WFOR-TV and WBFS-TV (Miami), KOVR-TV and KMAX-TV (Sacramento), KDKA-TV and WPCW-TV (Pittsburgh), WJZ-TV (Baltimore), as well as WCCO-TV’s satellite stations KCCO-TV (Alexandria, Minn.) and KCCW-TV (Walker, Minn.).

DESCRIPTION:

Position Purpose: Report for commercial television news broadcasts as assigned and anchor weekend morning newscasts

Primary Responsibilities:

This person will anchor Saturday and Sunday morning newscasts on KDKA-TV, and report for the weekday morning newscasts three days a week. Will turn content, front multiple live shots, write copy for the station’s website and use all social media to promote their assignments, both from the field and the desk

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Effective communicator from the anchor desk and in the field with live reporting
• Ability to multi-task while meeting deadlines
• Excellent news judgment and ability to problem-solve
• Key collaborator with team of producers, photographers, production staff and managers.
• Strong live reporting skills; proven ability to react to breaking news situations
• Skilled interviewer & creative storyteller and writer.
• Able to generate own story ideas that are compelling and provide a viewer benefit
• Self-motivated!

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

§ College Degree required.

§ At least 3 years’ experience reporting in a commercial broadcast setting including regular live reporting; daily live reporting preferred; proven experience generating enterprise or investigative story angles a plus.

§ Knowledge of social media and how to use it to promote to broadcast and the web; experience writing for the web required.

§ Knowledge of ENPS and iNews rundown systems and Grass Valley Stratus, and Edius editing solutions preferred

§ Experience with emerging media techniques and equipment in a newsroom setting a plus.

§ Must be able to work all shifts

§ SAG-AFTRA member

FUNCTION: Editorial/Publishing/Content

EEO Statement:

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