Disneyland Hong Kong is hiring : KGO - Morning News Anchor in San Francisco

Overview

KGO-TV / ABC7 News, the ABC owned station covering the San Francisco Bay Area, seeks a full-time, experienced anchor for weekday morning newscasts (three hours on linear and streaming platforms). The candidate should be a personable and versatile communicator with exceptional anchoring, reporting, and writing skills for all ABC7 News platforms.

The ideal candidate has a passion for news, excels at breaking news coverage on the desk and in the field, and is a self-starter who is also a team player. The role requires collaboration with a wide range of personnel to create compelling content across platforms. Candidates must be active users of social media for news gathering and able to move the audience between linear and digital platforms.

Applicants should turn visually creative, memorable stories when reporting in the field or on long-form projects. A successful candidate will have a proven track record of developing contacts and sources and telling impactful stories. Please send examples of stories you enterprised as a reporter and show how you use social media to find, research, break, and promote your stories. This person must be organized, work well under pressure and deadlines, bring a positive attitude every day, be receptive to feedback, and be willing to be a newsroom leader. You will represent KGO-TV at community events, promotional events, and speaking engagements.

This position is covered under SAG-AFTRA – KGO-TV Newspersons Agreement.

Responsibilities

Anchor newscasts on linear TV and streaming platform

Write original copy and copy edit scripts

Report on local stories

Social media content creation

Basic Qualifications

5+ years of experience in a top 50 market

Excellent writing skills, solid news judgment and ethical decision-making abilities

Able to shoot video and edit stories for linear and digital

Proficient in operating handheld prosumer / consumer cameras and non-linear editing for linear and digital

Superior on-camera presentation

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Qualifications

Bilingual is beneficial

Knowledge of the San Francisco Bay Area

The hiring range for this position in San Francisco, CA is $90,948 to $210,000 per year based on a 40 hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. The base pay offered will consider internal equity and may vary depending on geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A bonus and / or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

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