What are the responsibilities and job description for the ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR - KWQC position at Gray Media?
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 nation's 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 43 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. Gray's 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 KWQC:
KWQC is searching for an Assistant New Director to join our news team. As Assistant News Director, you are key to creating a positive culture to attract and retain the best talent and to create and deliver award-winning news for our viewers. It is a leadership position, with an emphasis on working closely with the News Director to train and lead young producers and reporters, mentor and develop their skills, and help coach them through their career growth. On the ground level, you are responsible for the day-to-day management of the newsroom. Strategically, you are a key member of the News Leadership team, charting the path for growth and change.
Job Summary/Description:
KWQC is searching for an Assistant New Director to join our news team. As Assistant News Director, you are key to creating a positive culture to attract and retain the best talent and to create and deliver award-winning news for our viewers. It is a leadership position, with an emphasis on working closely with the News Director to train and lead young producers and reporters, mentor and develop their skills, and help coach them through their career growth. On the ground level, you are responsible for the day-to-day management of the newsroom. Strategically, you are a key member of the News Leadership team, charting the path for growth and change.
This is a long-term career opportunity for the right person, with a competitive compensation package including Gray's generous 401(k) match, increased PTO, free health insurance option, and a possible signing bonus.
Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
KWQC-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 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 Gray’s 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.
Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's 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 43 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. Gray's 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 KWQC:
KWQC is searching for an Assistant New Director to join our news team. As Assistant News Director, you are key to creating a positive culture to attract and retain the best talent and to create and deliver award-winning news for our viewers. It is a leadership position, with an emphasis on working closely with the News Director to train and lead young producers and reporters, mentor and develop their skills, and help coach them through their career growth. On the ground level, you are responsible for the day-to-day management of the newsroom. Strategically, you are a key member of the News Leadership team, charting the path for growth and change.
Job Summary/Description:
KWQC is searching for an Assistant New Director to join our news team. As Assistant News Director, you are key to creating a positive culture to attract and retain the best talent and to create and deliver award-winning news for our viewers. It is a leadership position, with an emphasis on working closely with the News Director to train and lead young producers and reporters, mentor and develop their skills, and help coach them through their career growth. On the ground level, you are responsible for the day-to-day management of the newsroom. Strategically, you are a key member of the News Leadership team, charting the path for growth and change.
This is a long-term career opportunity for the right person, with a competitive compensation package including Gray's generous 401(k) match, increased PTO, free health insurance option, and a possible signing bonus.
Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Day-to-day management of the newsroom, helping to coordinate coverage on all platforms with a digital-first approach.
- Assist the News Director with recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and especially training producers and MMJs, taking the lead when necessary. Help plan formal training for the newsroom when needed.
- Help research, gather, and proof/check news stories on-air and online in the most accurate, appealing, timely, and creative way using all sources.
- Oversee dayside newscasts, reviewing scripts with reporters and producers, while coaching and encouraging them to improve the product.
- Run editorial meetings and supervise the story selection process. Assist with assignments, and guide reporters on daily story pitches.
- Work with the Content Manager on the staffing schedule.
- Plan special events, promotions, special reports, and other assigned projects.
- Post and regularly update stories on social media and the web.
- Develop and maintain sources of information and knowledge about assignments, especially local and national news and weather.
- Be willing to learn or possess a broad and working knowledge of the viewing area, including people, places, things, and history.
- This is a dayside position but must have the flexibility to work any shift, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Belief in the power of local journalism. Excellent editorial judgment to support our pillars of Breaking News, First Alert Weather, and original local reporting.
- A winning mentality, with the ability to identify and “own” the day's big stories.
- Able to lead and train news producers to create award-winning newscasts.
- Able to make quick decisions and handle breaking news calmly and as a team leader.
- Able to multi-task and oversee news on numerous platforms, including on-air, digital, social, and CTV/OTT.
- Able to fill in in the absence of the News Director, maintaining a positive newsroom culture.
- Must have multi-media skills and the ability to move stories through the process of TV, website, mobile apps, social media, and connected TV, and the experience to manage this process in the newsroom.
- Must have a teacher/coach mentality. Staff development and training are a priority for this job; must be willing to coach and inspire on-air talent and producers.
- Must have experience with legal and ethical issues in the news-gathering process.
- 3-5 years in broadcast journalism or equivalent
- Bachelor's degree, or higher, is preferred.
- The ability to produce a newscast if desired.
- Basic experience with cameras, ENPS, and editing video a plus.
- Experience with managing staff during severe weather events is a plus.
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
KWQC-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 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 Gray’s 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.
