Sports Anchor

The Sports Anchor serves as a primary presenter and producer of sports content for WGN across all platforms. This role delivers sports stories, game highlights, and updates in a manner that is clear, engaging, and compelling to listeners.

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 news makers.
• 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.)
• Excellent news judgment with an expansive knowledge of local and national current events, history, news makers 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.

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.