Digital Assignment Editor
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About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism engaging content and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web mobile apps streaming and linear television. For more information .
WPMT FOX43 wants to put you in the center of the action. Digital Assignment Editors are leaders in our newsroom who urgently and aggressively cover breaking and developing stories. This position is for a person who is passionate about local news and connecting with people while creating engaging digital content.
This position embodies WPMTs vision of one content team meaning broadcast and digital share equal stage.
You will be creating compelling content organizing and writing scripts and updating stories on digital platforms with a primary focus on local websites mobile apps and social media platforms.. The other portion of your time you will be running the assignment desk dispatching crews and calling on potential stories. If this fastpaced position sounds interesting to you please apply.
You will join a combined assignment desk and digital team that manages newsroom assignments and oversees the quality of FOX43 stories across all platforms. We believe in constant learning but the ideal candidate will have solid writing ability grounded objectivity and news judgment and the ability to work a flexible schedule.
Responsibilitites:
Produce engaging content through digital articles videos photo galleries social media push alerts live streams and interactive elements
Gather and share story updates tips and information with the WPMT Newsroom
Review and respond to news releases news tips emails usergenerated content and social media messages to identify unique local and engaging content
Do all necessary reporting efforts to turn information into digital content such as make calls get pictures or video to support a story research and confirm information etc.
Focus on accuracy and balance in stories through editing and working with reporters
Work with urgency to publish and broadcast breaking news and update as needed
Be a leader in editorial meetings and conversations including pitching stories
Use digital and social analytics to inform editorial decisions
Monitor social media for breaking news find interesting stories track trends and report findings to newsroom
Work with digital managers newsroom leaders and all producers to coordinate the development and distribution of content across all editorial platforms
Collaborate with other TEGNA stations FOX affiliates and other partners to search trending content and publish compelling stories photos and video from our corporate network across web mobile and social media platforms
Optimize the user experience by tracking live web metrics and user experience best practices.
Apply Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices to every piece of content.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
BS/BA in related discipline preferred or equivalent years of experience
A great attitude and willingness to learn new skills
Skill with content management systems hypertext markup language.(HTML) audio editing image editing cascading style sheets (CSS) and social networking.
Strong desire to focus on webbased content.
Creativity good people skills and ability to handle deadline pressure and multitasking.
Knowledge and experience with stillimage photography using digital cameras/handheld video cameras a plus.
Knowledge of how to use and update social media platforms.
Photo editing skills with ability to manipulate crop enhance images as needed for publishing on website.
Basic video editing skills a plus.
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 parttime 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 parttime and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% 80% of their pay on a pretax basis to TEGNAs 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 doctors 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.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We areproud to be an equal opportunity employer hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race color religion national origin sex gender age marital status personal appearance sexual orientation gender identity or expression family responsibilities disability medical condition enrollment in college or vocational school political affiliation military or veteran status citizenship status genetic information or any other basis protected by federal state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilitiesin accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application please email
Recruiting Fraud Alert:
To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background. Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of or one of our affiliate station domains.
Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
Employment Type
Full Time
