Our origin story is unique - only a little over two years old, although we've been on the air 38 years. Our newsroom culture is unique, too - valuing good people who have a servant's heart. We searching for our newest teammate, who will manage day-to-day operations, with an emphasis on our team and our viewers. We insist that you value relationships and be a strong, but empathetic, communicator with the heart of a teacher. Lexington's a great place to live, among the best places to live from U.S. News and World Report.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Requirements & Skills:
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
The Assistant News Director must be able to stand, sit, reach, conduct telephone conversations, use electronic mail, write letters and memos, conduct face-to-face discussions with individuals or groups, make decisions without supervision, make decisions that impact the results of co-workers, and work indoors in environmentally controlled conditions. Must be able to lift, set up and operate equipment or items weighing up to 25 pounds.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Work closely with reporters, producers, photojournalists, digital producers, assignment editors and anchors on daily news coverage
- Review daily newscasts to ensure quality control
- Help make editorial decisions
- Help monitor digital/assignment desk
- Write and edit scripts for on air and digital
- Help develop coverage plans for breaking news and special events
- Assist in employee training, feedback, and evaluations
- Help in recruiting and hiring news department personnel
- Collaborate with News Director to establish goals and develop a strategic plan for the newsroom
- Work irregular/odd hours and available to work weekends and holidays
- Available to be on call to cover major events 24 hours a day - responding to breaking news during off-hours
- Additional responsibilities as assigned by the News Director.
Requirements & Skills:
- Passion for local news
- Knowledge of journalistic ethics, libel, and privacy laws
- Innovative, user-focused, and full of creativity and initiative
- Strong editorial judgment
- Great people skills
- At least three years of experience preferred
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
The Assistant News Director must be able to stand, sit, reach, conduct telephone conversations, use electronic mail, write letters and memos, conduct face-to-face discussions with individuals or groups, make decisions without supervision, make decisions that impact the results of co-workers, and work indoors in environmentally controlled conditions. Must be able to lift, set up and operate equipment or items weighing up to 25 pounds.
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