News 12 is our award-winning, hyper local news station covering communities throughout Long Island, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester, Hudson Valley, Connecticut and New Jersey. News 12 New York is our National streaming service for regional news, weather and News 12 originals.
If you're committed to delivering high quality news and storytelling with a hyper local lens, we have positions available for both on and off-air talent with opportunities for development and growth.
Job Summary
You love finding stories that matter and make a difference in a local community. You love mentoring young journalists. You're ready to make bold choices about news content at a 24/7 news shop. Then this is the job is for you. This newly created role will work closely with the news director and assistant news director on day-to-day coverage needs and advance planning of the newscasts. You will be managing a team of assignment editors as well as reporters.
Responsibilities
- Supervise daily operations of the assignment desk.
- Provide leadership that encourages excellence.
- Recruit and hire assignment editors.
- Supervise short-term and long-term news coverage planning.
- Supervise development and execution of series and specials.
- Manage the schedules of reporters and photographers to meet coverage needs.
- Supervise the scheduling of facilities and the distribution of news gathering equipment.
- Work with reporters to achieve editorial goals.
- Conduct employee reviews that are timely and effective.
- Coordinate stringers assignments.
- Participate/contribute content across all platforms including social media.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred
- Six years' experience in television news gathering.
- Four years supervisory experience preferred.
- Excellent management skills
- Ability to perform many tasks simultaneously under pressure.
- Exceptional news judgment
- News writing and copy-editing ability for all platforms including social media.
- Ability to work morning hours a must.
- Humor: we like to have a good time while we work hard
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
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This position is identified as being performed in/or reporting to company operations in New York State. Salary ranges are supplied in compliance with New York State law. Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in the posted location is $102,816.00 - $168,912.00 / year. The rate/range provided herein is the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and does not reflect future job opportunity.
Nearest Major Market: Bronx
Nearest Secondary Market: New York City
What We Do
News 12 Networks is the New York tri-state leader in hyper-local content - providing exclusive news, weather, traffic, and sports to 7 unique local areas, all within the #1 television DMA. While today the 24-hour news cycle is well established, News 12 Long Island was the FIRST local channel to provide around the clock local news, and the first to give Long Island a channel specifically targeted to their local issues. From that same model, 6 additional channels were launched as part of the hyper-local network, in New Jersey, Westchester, the Bronx, Brooklyn, the Hudson Valley (Rockland and Orange Counties), and Connecticut.
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