News Director - Kmov

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 nations largest owner of toprated 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 toprated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or secondhighestrated 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 fullservice digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Grays 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 KMOV:

First Alert Four in St. Louis is looking for an experienced News Director to join our awardwinning team and make a difference in our community. KMOVTV is the most watched station in Missouri and Southern Illinois and one of the top CBS affiliates in the country. The news operation has been recognized as the Regional Edward R Murrow Winner for Best Newscast and Overall Excellence in the last two years. In 2023 the RTDNA honored KMOVTV with the National Edward R Murrow Award for Best Newscast. The station operates out of a brand new stateoftheart broadcasting and digital facility in the St. Louis suburb of Maryland Heights. St. Louis is a great metro area with a low cost of living and worldwide recognized professional sports public parks and tourist attractions. The Gateway Arch St. Louis Zoo Forest Park St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Blues Hockey and CITY STL soccer teams are just a few of the major attractions in the St. Louis community that bring millions to the region each year to live work and play.

Job Summary/Description:

KMOV the Grayowned CBS affiliate in the St. Louis Missouri market is seeking a News Director to lead our awardwinning News Department. The successful candidate will bring an established record of recruiting developing and retaining a Newsroom team rooted in strong journalism and innovation. We are looking for a leader who embraces creative storytelling and investigative journalism as key components of newscasts as well as digital streaming and social platforms. The News Director oversees all content operations has excellent news judgment and provides strategic direction for the daily news and longterm planning. Must have a history of managing financial technical and human resources.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Strategically lead inspire and manage the news department.
Oversee onair and digital news content.
Work closely with the news team to produce highquality relevant local content that sets the station apart from competitors.
Prioritize collaboration between television and digital content teams along with marketing to create original programming and breaking news coverage for all platforms.
Demonstrated success recruiting coaching and developing talent with a passion for providing consistent constructive feedback.
Experience leading news content creation and management fostering a collaborative and positive workplace culture that empowers individual and team excellence.
Strong analytical skills capable of leveraging complex data to inform and refine content coverage and distribution strategies.
Skillfully use social media and digital tools to research discover and distribute content.
Lead a culture that owns enterprise reporting and breaking news across all content platforms.
Interact daily with all department heads in a mutual effort to achieve station goals and extend our brand.
Work closely with the General Manager and Department Heads on longrange planning and station initiatives.
Be a motivator who fosters an inspiring and engaging environment
Perform other duties as assigned to drive and fulfill the mission while abiding by the values of this organization.

Qualifications/Requirements:

Bachelors degree in Journalism or Mass Communications
5 years of previous experience in newsroom leadership is required plus additional years in content experience
Successful innovative leadership along with staff and product development skills.
Topnotch communication skills are an absolute must.
Solid journalistic judgment and a news philosophy that emphasizes accurate fair and unique local content along with community engagement.
Skills in producing engaging contentdriven newscasts and digital content.
Strong social media skills including an active news hound presence on Twitter and Facebook.
Organizational skills and the ability to work under time pressure deadlines.
Ability to calmly handle live breaking news situations and changing events.
Ability to work closely with other station department heads and fellow managers within the company.

If you feel youre qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to 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 theGrayTV UltiPro selfservice portal)

KMOVTV/Gray Media is a drugfree company

Additional Info:

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age genetic information disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Grays employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

Gray Media encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus before the first workday.