Sports Director/Anchor/Reporter, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

[Jon Chelesnik]

WPBF 25 News, the Hearst Television ABC Affiliate in the West Palm Beach market, is looking for a Sports Director/Anchor/Reporter.

We want a sportscaster who focuses on hyper-local sports content, uncovers the big sports stories, moves beyond the dry press conference sound bites, enterprises compelling local human-interest stories, and finds the unique angles that will captivate the non-sports fan. Must be able to enterprise exclusives, tell interesting stories, and execute energetic live shots.

We are looking for a sportscaster who knows when sports news is breaking news and wants to jump into continuous coverage and knows how to produce and contribute to sports specials and event coverage. Our Sports Anchor will write and edit scripts with conversational communication in mind.

Duties include:

* Anchor and Produce Monday-Friday early evening and 11pm sports segments.
* Anchor and Produce Friday night High School Football, Basketball shows, Spring Training, Honda Classic, etc.
* Anchor weekend sports segments as needed.
* Regularly plans, gathers and assembles stories on sports, day-of news or special project assignments
* Be well versed in local, national and international sports, with special attention to high school athletics, ACC and other conference sports, NASCAR, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, etc.

Please indicate in your cover letter you learned of this opportunity through Sportscasters Talent Agency of America.

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[Jon Chelesnik]

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