Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally 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 US 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. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

About KYTV/KSPR:

KY3 and KSPR are part of a seven-station group in Springfield, MO. KY3 is one of the most dominant NBC affiliates in the country, and also produces news for KSPR (ABC) and the Ozarks CW. KY3/KSPR covers 31 counties in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas. KY3 is known for regional and national award-winning local news, weather, and sports coverage, large-scale and numerous community service projects, and effective broadcast and digital marketing solutions. We are proud of our close connections with the communities we serve in the Ozarks.

Job Summary/Description:

The KY3/KSPR newsroom in beautiful Springfield, MO, is looking for a dynamic, energetic breaking news/alert desk anchor in the mornings. The right employee will be part producer, part breaking news anchor, where you pick your own stories. We need someone who can ad-lib very well throughout several hits during a four-hour morning newscast, get breaking news up quickly (including video, live cameras, supers, and social media), and be able to use sources to confirm stories quickly. Must bring enterprise, research-driven stories to the table daily when there is no breaking news. The best candidate will be able to maintain urgency when needed in the newscast and be organized off-air to help with the website and social media. You will also help anchor several shows on our streaming platform.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Prioritize, organize, and produce individual on-air hits newscasts following the station brand and goals
• Must have the ability to develop content through cameras, traffic websites, national feeds, affiliates, and independent sources
• Responsible for writing clearly, concisely, and conversationally
• Must be able to clearly ad-lib during all on-air hits.
• Must be able to do several things at once – social media, website, on-air, produce your hit, and set up FB and streaming hits.
• Must maintain working knowledge of current events, community issues, and an extensive list of local contacts
• Must be able to edit video with an eye for visual elements and graphics that make stories understandable to the viewer
• Responsible for developing original story ideas for daily newscasts
• Special emphasis on working with producers on story treatment, and being able to accurately gather information for news stories under pressure
• Able to accurately and calmly handle the decision-making process, research social media posts and story ideas under heavy deadline pressure without compromising accuracy or credibility
• Must possess excellent communication and organizational abilities, including working with the news director and executive producer to ensure story accuracy, and to determine the best presentation of reports
• Must be able to shoot and edit yourself using our gear if necessary.
• Must be able to use ENPS (or train to) for scripting, including graphics and supers.
• Responsible for creating a unique approach to all digital elements for the newscast, including Facebook page, X, Instagram, and website
• Position is M-F mornings, but must be willing to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed
• Make regular beat checks
• Demonstrate good news judgment and journalistic integrity.
• Ability to maintain professional and ethical conduct at the station and in the community.
• Performs other incidental and related duties as assigned, and attention to detail is required
• Ability to work with limited supervision
• Must have the desire to be at work during big breaking news, weather coverage, and special event coverage
• Must be willing, during big breaking news events, to be out in the field live

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Must have a bachelor’s degree in journalism/communication or equivalent background
• Must be willing to train on the digital desk switcher and audio board and use them daily
• Must have prior on-air experience in a newsroom, we prefer at least 2 years anchoring and/or MMJ/reporting
• Duties are performed mostly indoors in an office environment.
• Must be able to sit for extended periods of time
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to stand, walk, talk, hear, use hands and fingers, reach, grab, handle or feel, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. Regularly sit, talk, and hear.
• Nights, overnights, weekends, and holidays may be required.
• Must hold a valid driver’s license/ability to obtain a Missouri license and be insurable.

If you feel you’re qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, 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 UltiPro self-service portal)

KYTV/KSPR-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Additional Info:

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.