Radio Assistant News Director
Hearst Television, Baltimore, MD, United States
The story is yours!
Salary min: $56,000.00
Salary max: $56,000.00
Duration: Full Time
WBAL-AM in Baltimore, MD., is searching for a passionate, creative, and experienced news leader to fill an Assistant Radio News Director role. You will have excellent news judgment, management skills and a bold approach to breaking news coverage -- on the air and online. You will help lead our news team in the execution of market defining breaking news, weather coverage, and community service on all platforms daily. As Assistant News Director, you will lead the news team in facilitating impactful community-based stories. With a unique format and the resources of Hearst Television, this is a rare opportunity to join one of the best. You will report to the Director of Programming/News Director.
Responsibilities
- Work with the News Director to oversee the daily operation and editorial content of the newsroom
- Plan big event coverage
- Help with Spring/Fall book planning
- Build the brand, both on air and online
- Schedule newsroom employees
Requirements
- Newsroom supervisory and/or management experience preferred
- Anchor/reporter background preferred
- Individual must have experience with audio editing
- Adaptability in ever-evolving news environment
- Related military experience will be considered
Diversity Statement
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.
Benefits
Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.
- Medical | Dental | Vision
- 401(k) matching
- Emotional Wellness Support
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- LGBTQ+ Health Services
- Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs
About Hearst Television
Every career with Hearst Television is like a story. How it develops, where it takes you, the milestones you reach along the way – you’ve got a lot to look forward to as your unique career story unfolds.
Hearst Television, a subsidiary of Hearst, owns and operates local television and radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states reaching over 21 million U.S. television households. Through its partnership with nearly all of the major networks, Hearst Television distributes national content over nearly 70 video channels including programming from ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, MY Net, MeTV, This TV, Estrella and more.
Hearst Television is recognized as one of the industry's premier companies. It has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism and industry innovation, including the Walter Cronkite Award for political journalism, the national Edward R. Murrow Award, the DuPont-Columbia Award and the George Foster Peabody Award.