KTHV, a TEGNA CBS affiliate in Little Rock, Arkansas, has an amazing opportunity for a creative, innovative, and enterprising Anchor who is an excellent on-camera communicator to help serve the needs of our audience and community. We are looking for a journalist who excels at both accountability reporting and breaking news. We are seeking candidates who will trailblaze the future of news, find and defend the truth, and tell the stories of our community. This Anchor should be someone who is comfortable asking tough but fair questions. This journalist must be able to work with producers to develop smart and engaging newscasts. We are looking for someone who understands the “why” behind stories and excels at impact journalism. The Anchor is a newsroom leader who will be one of the faces of the station in charge of developing contacts and relationships in the community, enabling them to create and present unique, compelling, and innovative stories of interest. 

Responsibilities:

•   Use editorial judgment to help determine content of the newscasts.
•   Work with producers and team to create unique, fast-paced innovative newscasts.
•   Use social media to determine content of newscasts and highlight big social stories.
•   Write and post daily on all digital platforms including social media.
•   Develop story ideas, write, shoot and edit news stories for on-air broadcasting.
•   Develop original content through social listening and independent sources.
•   Perform other tasks as required by supervisor or executive producer.
•   Journalism and/or Communication degree preferred.
•   Understand the tenets of professional Journalism.
•   Excellent, creative presentation and writing skills a must

Requirements:

•   Minimum 1-3 years news anchor/reporting experience
•   Develop story ideas, write, shoot and edit news stories for television, mobile and social platforms.
•   Write in an exciting, captivating, and authentic manner.
•   Use the latest editing and photography tools to tell great stories.
•   Develop original content through social listening and independent sources.
•   Deliver on-air news events in an engaging, exciting, and accurate manner.
•   Interview news subjects and research for facts and credibility.
•   Write and post daily on all digital platforms including social media.
•   Enterprise news stories.
•   Write for the web, including attaching images and streaming video.
•   Use creative production techniques such as graphics and new forms of media (viewer pictures, webcam interviews, etc.) to enhance stories.

KTHV, the TEGNA-owned CBS in Little Rock, Arkansas, is transforming the way we gather and present news, and we’re looking for a Story Desk Manager to embrace a leadership role in this transition to the newsroom of the future.

The successful candidate will guide our team of content creators in story discovery and presentation across all platforms. The person in this position will help manage the story development process throughout the day, having experience with the best practices of running an assignment desk and training others to excel at developing local contacts and responding to breaking news. They’ll also be part of a leadership team that oversees the station’s coverage of breaking news, developing stories and enterprise reporting for streaming, online, app, social media and linear television platforms, while maintaining a focus on stories that matter to our community.

The ideal candidate is an experienced journalist with a knack for building a team of people who work smarter, not harder, and are as adept at seeking information as they are in presenting those stories in modern and creative ways. The aptitude to identify and pursue stories that are urgent, impactful and newsworthy is important. The ability to respond urgently to breaking news, calmly manage chaos, pivot quickly, solve problems creatively, train a motivated team, and guide a multi-platform newsroom’s content are all desirable for this leader.

Role Summary

As the Story Desk Manager, you will lead the Story Management Desk (SMD), a unified desk that replaces the legacy assignment and digital desks. The SMD model ensures a single, streamlined workflow for planning, producing and curating stories across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily coverage decisions and reporter assignments to be competitive across platforms with the goal to own the big story daily
• Determine the best format for each story, how it should be presented on different platforms and a reasonable timeline for delivery of those elements
• Look ahead and plan coverage or upcoming news cycles
• Lead regular story check-ins throughout the day
• Maximize audience insights to aid in content choices and improve audience reach
• Ensure competitive, engaging and impactful content for all platforms, including digital platforms: website, mobile app and streaming
• Plan coverage of stories that matter most to the community, using editorial judgment and social listening
• With the Story Desk Editors, provide editorial support for MSJs, producers and photojournalists, including reviewing scripts, videos and content for accuracy, grammar, AP style, digital best practices, fairness and ethical considerations
• Lead and communicate newsroom coverage during breaking news, ensuring accuracy, urgency and balance
• Uphold TEGNA’s journalistic standards and values across all platforms

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or at least 5 years of journalism experience in a local newsroom, digital production, or related role
• Superior news judgment and the ability to make fast, sound editorial decisions under pressure
• Proven record of success handling breaking news
• Experience managing a team of journalists
• Demonstrated knowledge regarding content desk operations
• Experience helping transform and manage news-gathering systems
• Impeccable organizational skills with a keen eye for detail
• Demonstrated success as both a team leader and a team player
• Effective communication skills
• Familiarity with the market, a plus

KTHV-TV Little Rock, Arkansas, the CBS TEGNA affiliate, is looking for an experienced Multi-Skilled Journalist to help maintain our tradition of superior reporting and newsgathering. We are interested in finding a journalist who can create unique, memorable and well written stories, who can share them on all platforms with a mix of outstanding photography and unforgettable editing. If you're a creative storyteller who understands true multi-platform journalism and who is not bound by the methods of traditional TV news – we want to hear from you! 

Current driver's license and ability to operate news gathering vehicle to and from various locations is required.

Responsibilities: 

• Perform authoritative, compelling live shots in a developing story or in breaking news situations
• Develop story ideas
• Mine the community to find sources who will keep you informed about events and ideas in their areas of expertise
• Ability to identify, write and produce stories within a specific framework.
• Research for facts and credibility.
• Maintain and develop sources who will help bring our reporting to the next level.
• Shoot, write, produce and edit on air and online content within deadlines.
• Use creative production techniques such as graphics and new forms of media (viewer pictures, webcam interviews, etc.) to enhance stories.
• Use social media and digital tools to research, discover and distribute content.
• Attend editorial meetings and offer story ideas daily.
• Write in an exciting, captivating and authentic manner.

Requirements: 

• 1-3 years reporting experience preferred.
• Must possess solid news judgment, display strong communication skills, creativity, and ethical decision-making skills.
• Strong writing skills, production skills and tease writing abilities.
• ENPS, EDIUS and Axis graphics experience is preferred.
• Must be organized with the ability to work under constant deadlines.
• Must be able to calmly handle live breaking news situations and changing events.
• Proven social and digital content creation ability.
• Knowledge of Little Rock a plus ​