News Director Kalb

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 top-rated 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 top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 45 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media a full-service 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 KALB:

KALB is an NBC affiliate located in Alexandria LA. We also own the CBS and CW affiliates in the market (NALB and OALB respectively). KALB is owned by Gray Television Inc. one of the fastest-growing broadcast and digital media groups in the nation. KALB produces a total of 29 hours of Live news programming per week. A market leader in News digital and social media KALB Newschannel 5 is home to award-winning reporters and the recipient of the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters Station of the Year award. Central Louisiana a vibrant diverse stable community is a great place to live and work. A community with a rich history full of hard-working caring people striving to make Central Louisiana the place they call home.

Job Summary/Description:

KALB has a rare opening for News Director. If you are a high-energy hands-on newsroom leader looking to mentor and develop a wonderful staff this is the job for you. KALB is looking for the next newsroom leader of the Number 1 and Number 2 stations in Central Louisiana

The successful candidate will be a hands-on news manager who has a proven track record for coaching and developing talent solid journalism skills planning the desire and ability to own the big news story and a passion for breaking news and weather.

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

- Experience establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them
- Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and to coach mentor or otherwise help others to improve their knowledge or skills
- Experience preparing and maintaining departmental budgets
- Proficiency with computers telephones copiers scanners and other office equipment
- Experience with executing a Breaking News Strategy
- Ability to meet deadlines prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Ability to effectively listen to fully understand employee needs and communicate with a team to shape a solution
- Ability to develop a creative news strategy based on research and follow the station brand and execute during all newscasts.

The candidate will also be responsible for the following:
- Leads and supervises all aspects of news weather and sports programming production
- Manages all aspects of the News Department (other than Production)
- Plans and manages staffing training and performance evaluations for the News Department
- Makes decisions regarding hiring evaluation promotion and termination of employees
- Develop a news coverage strategy for the station and its website
- Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff
- Assigns projects to staff and verifies that deadlines are being met
- Ensures achievement of viewer rating goals
- Determines programming and evaluation of equipment needed to produce quality programming
- Responds to coverage questions
- Works with other senior station leaders to establish and reach station goals
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Is extremely detail-oriented
- The ability to manage breaking news to include ongoing/continuous coverage for several hours at a time

Qualifications/Requirements:

- Bachelors degree in Broadcast Journalism or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience
- Excellent communication skills both oral and written
- Minimum five years of experience in news programming production with at least two years of experience in a leadership role
- Experience guiding directing and motivating teams including setting performance standards and monitoring performance

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 theGray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)

KALB-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free 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 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.

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