Assignment Desk Editor

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 two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year. 

* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

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