Assignment Editor

Job Description

KARE 11, TEGNA's NBC affiliate in Minneapolis/St. Paul, is searching for a part-time Assignment Editor to join our team!
The ideal candidate is an experienced journalist with solid news judgment and effective communication skills. You are dedicated to generating story ideas for daily news and special events coverage. You contribute to story ideas, advance developing stories and collaborate with the leadership team on daily news-gathering efforts. You will be thinking equally about our content on TV and our digital platforms. This is a role for someone who thrives in high-energy positions and has a keen ability to balance multiple tasks under pressure. This position also assists with publishing digital content.

Responsibilities:
• Writing news stories, gathering information, delivering content on digital platforms, answering phones, listening to police scanners, bringing in live shots from various sources and live streaming
• Assigning and dispatching crews, assisting crews with contacts and research and publishing original content to the website
• Working in multiple content management systems
• Identify stories that could be exclusives and attract large audiences
• Work with reporters to develop assigned stories
• Gathering information
• Delivering content on digital platforms
• Verify confirmed information during breaking news situations
• The position is responsible for assigning and dispatching crews, assisting crews with contacts and research and publishing original content to the website
• Enterprise news through beat calls, social media and cultivated sources
Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree preferred; equivalent experience required
• 1- 3 years of experience
• Must be a strong writer and copy editor with excellent editorial judgment, time management and multi-tasking skills, with the ability to prioritize and re-prioritize quickly
• Ability to prioritize and manage requests from various sources and work well with varied personalities on deadline
• Excellent in managing news crews and news judgment
• Outstanding interpersonal, organizational, and time-management skills
• Extensive knowledge of social media, online, mobile, etc. content gathering tools and technologies
• Knowledge of ENPS and Edius a plus
• Ability to write in both broadcast and AP style a plus.
• Flexible with shift assignments
Pay Range
$24 - $26 USD
Benefits:
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.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-z39ev7-18-191-194-2-42 in your application.