SPORTS ANCHOR​/REPORTER - KEYC

About Gray Media

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formerly known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation’s largest owner of top‑rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of U.S. television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top‑rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second‑highest‑rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV households.

Gray also owns Gray Digital Media, a full‑service digital agency, and additional media properties including Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, Power Nation Studios, Assembly Atlanta, and Third Rail Studios.

Since 1960, KEYC‑TV/KMNF‑LD has thrived with a culture that values skills, encourages creativity, and fosters professional growth. Enjoy all four seasons in the booming Greater Mankato metropolitan area—an area that combines city and country living and maintains highly visited social media sites in southern Minnesota.

KEYC News Now is looking for a passionate and energetic Sports Anchor/MMJ who knows how to pursue the big, local sports story. We are in the heart of Minnesota Vikings & Twins country, with the Twin Cities only an hour away. We want someone who covers local sports—three area colleges, a successful Friday night prep show, and the Minnesota State University Division I hockey program—rather than just professional and college sports or national highlights.

Salary: $19‑21 per hour (DOE)

• Serve as the primary sports reporter
• Fill‑in sports anchoring as needed during the week
• Shoot, write, and edit sports stories and highlights with an emphasis on covering local sports
• Meet daily sports‑cast deadlines
• Write and post sports stories on multiple social media and digital platforms
• Report live from various sporting events
• Update station website and social media accounts throughout the day as needed
• Adhere to station branding and promotion
• Adhere to safety rules and programs and assist in implementing new safety initiatives
• Other duties as requested by News Director and/or General Manager

• 4‑year degree in journalism, broadcasting, communications, or related field
• An engaging and comfortable on‑air personality
• The ability and desire to enter into and produce local sports stories and content
• Excellent communication skills
• Team player with a positive attitude
• Anchoring, reporting, producing experience preferred
• Integrity, accountability, teamwork
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds
• Spend extended periods of time sitting, using the telephone & computer workstation
• Able to drive a vehicle and spend extended periods of time in a vehicle traveling to and from various locations

If you feel you’re qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). type in the job title or station call letters, or click on apply now
, upload your resume, cover letter, and references.

(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray‑TV Ulti Pro self‑service portal.)

KEYC‑TV/Gray Media is a drug‑free company.

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

Entry level

Full‑time

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