Sports Multimedia Journalist - Kbtx

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 KBTX:

KBTX Media operates the CBS and CW affiliates in Bryan-College Station, Texas, serving an 18-county area known as the Brazos Valley. For over 65 years, KBTX has been the ratings leader and dominant choice for local news and entertainment. Our team produces six newscasts each weekday, three each weekend, a breaking news digital channel, and a daily lifestyle show, totaling more than 40 hours of programming each week. KBTX is routinely recognized among the best in the state by organizations including the Associated Press, RTDNA, and the Lone Star EMMY Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In 2023, the station was honored to receive a National Edward R. Murrow Award, three regional Murrow Awards, a National Gracie Award, and the Texas Association of Broadcasters’ Bonner McLane Public Service Award. KBTX is also a recent Texas AP Broadcasters/Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas Station of the Year and Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Station of the Year. KBTX has helped launch the careers of many well-known journalists, meteorologists, and network and production executives, and takes pride in helping talent grow quickly into the nation’s largest television markets.

Job Summary/Description:

KBTX is looking for an experienced, passionate sports journalist to join our award-winning team and fight for great, local sports stories.

KBTX is the long-time leader in local sports, and this position puts you at the center of it all. You’ll produce, report for, and anchor sportscasts that go beyond predictable highlights and profiles, sharing stories of success and empowerment that resonate across the Brazos Valley. With sports features, you’ll regularly showcase the community’s heartwarming, inspiring, outrageous, and unusual stories. An ideal candidate will be comfortable independently enterprising content and using their storytelling skills to offer meaningful context to sports news. You’ll also take an active role in our EMMY-winning live Aggie football pregame show, Aggie Gameday, and our high school football productions, including award-winning Friday Football Fever.

Bryan-College Station is home to Texas A&M, the nation’s largest university and an SEC sports powerhouse. As the Official Aggie Sports Station, KBTX's coverage of Texas A&M is 24/7! KBTX offers unmatched opportunities to profile team members, tell exclusive stories, and travel with teams.

This high-energy, high-expectations position requires solid news judgment, a strong background in photojournalism, and dynamic storytelling abilities. You must have a passion for delivering original, imaginative content every day. A robust personality, comfort in live television reporting, and a positive, compelling attitude are essential for this role.

You’re joining a team of exceptional journalists who are committed to our community and work to make it better, both on and off camera.

Duties/Responsibilities are included but not limited to:

• Researching and creating daily content for television, social, and web platforms, including dynamic live shots and packages

• Identifying and enterprising relevant local feature stories

• Meeting daily and weekly deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Taking an active role in seasonal KBTX productions, including Aggie Gameday and Friday Football Fever

• Creating and facilitating working relationships with the local sports community

• Developing feature franchise content, which may require travel and time outside of a standard workday

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Candidates should also exhibit a good work ethic, strong people skills, the ability to be a team player, and work flexibly. This position may require holiday work.

• A minimum of three years of experience in broadcast sports, as well as a college degree in broadcast journalism or a related field, is expected.

• Experience with ENPS or Sony XPRI non-linear editing software is a big plus.

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.