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Job Description
Assistant News Director
WTAE-TV, the ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is searching for a passionate, creative, and experienced news leader to fill an Assistant News Director role. You will have excellent news judgment, leadership skills and a bold approach to breaking news coverageon the air and online. You will help lead our news team in the execution of market defining breaking news, weather coverage, and community service on all platforms daily. As Assistant New Director, you will lead the news team in facilitating impactful community-based stories. With a unique format and the resources of Hearst Television, this is a rare opportunity to join one of the best. You will report to the News Director.
Responsibilities
- Work with the News Director to oversee the daily operation and editorial content of the newsroom and across all platforms
- Work with multiple departments to plan and execute special event coverage
- Exemplify strong journalistic standards and serve as a key decision maker to ensure all coverage rises to the standards of the newsroom
- Provide regular feedback to journalists in the newsroom
- Be a champion of the brand on all platforms
- Handle administrative duties such as scheduling newsroom employees
Requirements
Diversity Statement
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of 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.
About Us
Hearst Television (HTV) owns and / or operates 35 television and two radio stations serving 27 media markets across 39 states reaching over 22 million U.S. television households. HTV is recognized as one of the industry's premier broadcasting companies and has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism, industry innovation, and community service.
