News Director

Job Description

News Director

About Gray Media:
Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.
About KOSA:
Located in the heart of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX, offers a unique blend of opportunity and affordability. The city boasts a friendly, tight-knit community, minimal traffic, and wide-open West Texas skies. While it has a small-town feel, Odessa also offers a growing art scene, local events, and a passionate high school football culture. It's a practical, welcoming place for individuals and families who value hard work, community, and space to live. KOSA reflects what's unique to Odessa by providing award-winning local news coverage, dedicated community service, and effective marketing solutions for area businesses.
Job Summary/Description:
The News Director will report directly to the VP/General Manager. They must have strong people and leadership skills, create and maintain a healthy work culture, have working knowledge of community issues and needs, understand sound journalistic principles, and oversee all content gathering and presentation in a visual and viewer-oriented storytelling style.
Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
• Supervising and coordinating news staff and all efforts leading to quality, relevant content
• Make sure content is delivered across multiple platforms with trusted accuracy and timeliness.
• Set and disseminate standards and expectations for news and operations employees.
• Work in conjunction with other department managers to accomplish the overall station's mission and goals.
• Review daily newscasts to ensure quality control and well-balanced newscasts.
• Oversee the planning for news coverage.
• Prepare and control news budget for operating and capital expenditures.
• Create and implement strategic plans for audience growth.
• Build and maintain key relationships to foster a positive news image within the community.
• Approve all newsroom and operations personnel decisions.
• Responsible for building, training, and empowering an effective newsroom management team and staff.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned
Qualifications/Requirements:
Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field. Equivalent work experience may suffice.
Preferred Qualifications/Requirements:
• Possess a deep understanding of news as it relates to the ever-changing media landscape.
• A proven record of success in leadership, production, and distribution of local news, and development of talent
• Strong leadership skills and excellent news judgment
• A successful track record utilizing multi-media digital assets, maximizing how news is covered and distributed.
• A passion for production and storytelling, combined with an unwavering commitment to journalistic ethics and standards.
If you feel you're qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', upload your resume, cover letter, and references
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
KOSA-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Gray Media encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus before the first workday.
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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-qkk316-216-73-216-117-42 in your application.