News Anchor/Reporter - Ktre/Kltv (Pollok)

About Gray Media:

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 KTRE/KLTV:

KTRE is the dominant station in the Lufkin, TX area of East Texas. We are an ABC affiliate and have been #1 by every ratings measure, uninterrupted in every newscast for 30+ years. We also have a very powerful, dominant digital presence in the market. We are a leader in the industry in digital innovation and digital products--operating and populating 11 different apps and producing an 18-hour-a-day live streaming news service from our newsroom on OTT, desktop, and on our mobile apps. We maintain a staff of full-time reporters, a chief meteorologist, and a sports director who operate out of the Lufkin and Nacogdoches area. This anchor/producer position for KTRE will be based in Tyler.

Job Summary/Description:

We are looking for someone who loves hyper-local news and is ready to anchor weekday 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts and report daily on local news in East Texas. This position also manages, shoots, and reports a weekly child adoption franchise report. This position is based in KLTV's Tyler studios, with the broadcast reaching (and primarily focused on) the Lufkin/Nacogdoches viewing area.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

- Shooting, writing, and editing sports packages and other video items for TV and digital products
- Copy edit and provide feedback to reporter stories
- Managing, shooting, and reporting our Gift of Love adoption franchise weekly for both KLTV and KTRE audiences
- Posting stories online
- Potential for occasional live reporting on air and online

Qualifications/Requirements:

- A journalism degree or similar is preferred.
- A strong college program or professional experience working on camera is strongly preferred.
- Professional video camera and professional non-linear editing knowledge.
- Strong interest and study of local, state, and national news stories.

If you feel you’re qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to , 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 )

KTRE/KLTV-TV/GrayMedia 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.

Gray Media encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus before the first workday.