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Let's talk about the elephant in the room. The traditional sportscast is dying, if not dead already, filled with highlights you can find on a dozen platforms. Viewers are done with that format and clicking away from the 50-year-old recipe. The best sports stories are the ones that inspire, that elevate, that give hope and a sense of community. Do you disagree with these statements? If you do, move along to the next posting. If you're intrigued, keep reading.

We want someone that dares to think differently. Notice we didn't call this Sports Anchor job. Because we don't know what it is. Will you be on TV? We'll figure that out together. Will it be every night? That's to be determined. But it you’re tired of filling a 3:00 minute sportscast with network fed highlights because it's the middle of the summer? So are the viewers. This job gives you the freedom to think differently and collaboratively with our team.

Do you want a half-hour podcast that you shoot during the day and you're home for dinner instead of doing the nightly news? That's one idea. This job could give you great flexibility and scheduling freedom. We're not worried about the figurative 5P\6P\10P deadlines. Every idea is literally on the table.

If you apply for this job, the interview isn't just going to be about what you've done, but what you want to do. How would YOU cover local sports?

Having said that, this is Florida, the South, and Football is still king. FSU is 2 hours away and with multiple D1 prospects in the area, Friday Nights Football will always have a place here.

The digital age is upon us and it's time to think, act, and execute differently. We want a highly motivated innovator who wants to cover local sports in a way that makes sense in 2025, not 1995. This job is a blank canvas, a fresh start. Do you dare to imagine it with us?

+ Develops and leads winning strategy for station content

+ Expert understanding of Facebook, X, and other social media platforms

+ Reviews copy and will correct errors in content, grammar, and punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines

+ Use our Social Media and Website to build and reinforce brand recognition and drive viewers to television

+ Determines a story's emphasis, length, and format, and organizes material accordingly

+ Research and analyze background information related to news stories in order to be able to provide complete and accurate information

+ Gathers information about events through research, interviews, experience or attendance at political, news, sports, artistic, social or other functions

+ Pitches on-brand local and trending stories during morning meetings

+ Checks reference materials such as books, news files or public records to obtain relevant facts

+ Shoots and edits content for on-air and digital

+ Produces reports for all platforms

+ Ensures that all content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality

+ Builds and calendars digital campaigns to promote local shows and specials.

+ Writes stories for the web and other digital platforms

+ Performs other duties as assigned

+ Finds new ways to use Social Media and our website to engage with viewers

Requirements & Skills:

+ Bachelor’s degree in Communication/Journalism or related degree required (equivalent years of experience may substitute for education

+ Three (3) years television anchoring or reporting experience required

+ Solid vocal delivery, camera presence, and clear enunciation

+ Strong reporting skills

+ Understand importance of social media

+ Excellent reading, writing, spelling, grammar and organizational skills

+ Promotes teamwork and maintains attitude of cooperation with all station personnel

+ Operate newsroom computer systems

+ Maintain positive work environment through active team participation and cooperation with co-workers in all departments

+ Responds positively to feedback

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 310,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All America,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.

EEO Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.