TEGNA is hiring: Assignment Desk Editor in Louisville
TEGNA, Louisville, KY, United States, 40201
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism, engaging content, and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions, we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. For more information, visit TEGNA.com.
WHAS11, TEGNA's ABC station in Louisville, KY is recruiting an Assignment Desk Editor to join its award-winning newsroom. Do you love breaking news and the chase of the story? In this critical news-gathering role, you will work to forward our station’s daily operation by fielding, sourcing, directing crews, and confirming information for each of WHAS11’s platforms, whether digital or linear. This person will also create and contribute content for our digital platforms.
Our team is looking for a self-starting journalist who is eager to discover and break the next big story in the market. The successful candidate is a problem solver with strong critical thinking and decision-making skills who can keep cool in high-pressure situations.
Responsibilities:
- Sourcing, confirming, and disseminating information necessary for the news operation
- Coordinating multiple crews and breaking stories simultaneously
- Enterprising and developing news stories
- Setting up stories and helping write for digital platforms and newscasts
- Using social media mining tools to discover unique content
- Developing contacts and sources to be used in newsgathering operation
- Organizing press releases and maintaining relationships with public relations representatives
- Write/edit and publish breaking news, and important stories to all digital platforms, send push alerts when necessary
Requirements:
- BA/BS in journalism, communications, or related field
- Familiar with local newsgathering technology and terminology
- Experience in a newsroom setting is preferred
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Calmly and confidently multi-task under tight deadlines
- Ability to handle live, breaking news situations and rapidly changing events
- Sound understanding of the principles of professional journalism
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Willing to work a variety of shifts including weekends and nights
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.