Anchor & Reporter

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Job: WTVT Weekend Anchor & Reporter

WTVT Tampa is looking for a versatile talent willing to do it all. We want someone with traditional television skills AND the ability to stream. The ideal candidate will have strong technical skills and a deep understanding of digital-first news production. Your primary role will involve live evening and weekend streaming, social video posts, and engaging real-time with viewers. You will host and produce content for evening and weekend hours on our Fox Local platform. This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in a live environment and wants to build the future of local news. The position includes linear news anchoring and reporting as needed.

Does This Sound Like You?

• You are digitally native, technically confident, and polished on camera.
• You understand streaming workflows and live video production.
• You have strong news judgment and can make smart editorial and technical decisions quickly.
• You enjoy collaborating across teams and experimenting with new formats.
• Ability to debate and willing to look at multiple points of view on a subject.

Responsibilities:

• Produce and host a live, viewer-driven streaming show.
• Operate streaming production tools, including live switching, encoding, clipping, publishing, and real-time troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with newsroom, digital, social, and production teams to align coverage, workflows, and priorities across platforms.
• Ensure all content meets journalistic standards, legal requirements, and FOX group guidelines for quality, accuracy, and consistency.
• Anchor and/or report for newscasts as needed.
• Pitch story ideas, develop sources, work with Producers and Assignment Planners to plan future content.
• Position will be weekend and nightside.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

How to stand out:

• Bachelors degree, preferably in Journalism, Communications, Media Production, or a related field with a digital focus.
• Experience producing digital video, live streams, or social-first news content.
• Strong technical proficiency with live streaming workflows, including video switching, live publishing, clipping, and distribution.
• Hands-on experience with video editing tools and production software; Adobe Creative Suite experience is a plus.
• Excellent editorial judgment, writing skills, and attention to detail in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams.
• Flexibility to work weekends, holidays, and non-traditional hours as news demands.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

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