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Assignment Editor

Albuquerque, NMOnsiteFull TimePosted 12 days ago

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Required skills

  • Assignment Editor
  • breaking news
  • scanner ears
  • press releases
  • emails
  • phone calls
  • viewer tips
  • compelling content
  • newscasts
  • content gathering

Nice to have

  • local newsgathering technology
  • terminology

Role summary

KOAT, an ABC & CBS affiliate in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is seeking an Assignment Editor to identify and cover community stories for newscasts. Responsibilities include monitoring police scanners, gathering information from various sources (press releases, emails, tips), and deciding on compelling content. The role involves assisting news management, producers, and reporters with story development, tracking field crews, and distributing content across digital platforms like social media and push alerts. The ideal candidate will have experience with digital platforms, social media, and scanner monitoring, possess a take-charge attitude for breaking news, and maintain professional relationships with newsmakers. The position requires the ability to multitask, remain calm under pressure, and work varied shifts.

Assignment Editor

KOAT, the ABC & CBS affiliates in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has an opening for someone who wants to win each day in the role of Assignment Editor. You can capture the essence of what's happening in the community and help to bring it home to our viewers. You will have a take charge attitude for breaking news. You find distinctive enterprise stories and oversee news coverage. As a newsroom leader your impact sets us apart. You will report to the Assistant News Director.

Responsibilities

  • Listen to multiple police scanners which cover more than a dozen agencies throughout our market—must have great "scanner ears"
  • Gather and organize press releases, emails, phone calls and viewer tips. Decide which of the above will yield compelling content for newscasts
  • Assist news management with content gathering and planning
  • Assist producers, digital editors and reporters with story gathering
  • Keep track of crews in the field and communicate with them
  • Furnish content and post it to all digital platforms—including sending push alerts, Twitter and Facebook post

    • Requirements

  • Experience listening to police scanners
  • Experience with digital platforms, especially social media. You will monitor multiple social media accounts to gather content and communicate with newsmakers
  • Either have a working knowledge of FTP or will learn how to FTP video to other stations
  • Familiar with local newsgathering technology and terminology
  • Will maintain professional working relationships with newsmakers
  • Can gather information from multiple sources simultaneously and quickly push it out to anchors, reporters, producers, and digital editors
  • Be able to remain calm and level-headed during breaking news situations
  • Willing to work a variety of shifts including weekends and nights
  • Related military experience will be considered

    • Values in Action

    At Hearst Television, we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That’s why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communication, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate, and connected to the communities we serve.

    Benefits

    Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.

  • Medical | Dental | Vision
  • 401(k) matching
  • Emotional Wellness Support
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • LGBTQ+ Health Services
  • Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs
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