What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assignment Desk Producer position at TEGNA?
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, visit TEGNA.com.
KSDK, 5 On Your Side, is looking for a dynamic and experienced Assignment Desk Producer to join our audience-focused newsroom in a hybrid role that combines the best of assignment editing and producing. If you thrive in the fast-paced, high-stakes world of breaking news and storytelling, this role offers an exciting opportunity to impact both digital, streaming and on-air platforms.
This position is split between working three days on the assignment desk and producing on weekends, making it ideal for a multi-skilled journalist who excels at news gathering and creative production.
Our team is looking for a self-starting journalist with a proven reputation who is eager to discover and break the next big story in the market. The successful candidate is a tenacious problem solver with strong critical thinking and decision-making skills who can keep cool in high-pressure situations.
Ideal candidates should be nimble, have sound news judgment, understand the ingredients needed for a great character-driven story, and have strong people skills. They also possess expert social media sleuthing skills and have a proven track record of mining the internet to find and develop stories that have impact. Knowledge of the metro St. Louis area and the ability to develop sources and contacts will aid success.
We believe our newsroom culture sets 5 On Your Side apart because of our news managers’ strong commitment to our employees’ professional growth, training, regular feedback, and mentoring. If you're a great teammate who seeks a collaborative newsroom culture, we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities
Sourcing, confirming, and disseminating information necessary for the news operation
Coordinating multiple crews and breaking stories simultaneously
Enterprising and developing news stories
Setting up stories and helping write for digital platforms and newscast
Researching stories for facts and credibility
Using social media mining tools to discover unique content
Developing contacts and sources to be used in newsgathering operation
Organizing press releases and maintaining relationships with public relations representatives
Create and oversee dynamic, engaging newscasts, ensuring a seamless flow and accurate presentation.
Performing other tasks as required by supervisor or executive producers
Requirements
BA/BS in journalism, communications, or related field
A minimum 3 years’ experience working as a producer or on the assignment desk
Strong organizational and communication skills
Calmly and confidently multi-task under tight deadlines
Ability to handle live, breaking news situations and rapidly changing events
Sound understanding of the principles of professional journalism
Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Knowledge of ENPS, a plus
Knowledge of the legal process and court systems, a plus
Familiarity with St. Louis or a reason to relocate here will set your application apart
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 part-time 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, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 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 doctor’s 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.
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud 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 disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
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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 tegna.com 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.
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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, visit TEGNA.com.
KSDK, 5 On Your Side, is looking for a dynamic and experienced Assignment Desk Producer to join our audience-focused newsroom in a hybrid role that combines the best of assignment editing and producing. If you thrive in the fast-paced, high-stakes world of breaking news and storytelling, this role offers an exciting opportunity to impact both digital, streaming and on-air platforms.
This position is split between working three days on the assignment desk and producing on weekends, making it ideal for a multi-skilled journalist who excels at news gathering and creative production.
Our team is looking for a self-starting journalist with a proven reputation who is eager to discover and break the next big story in the market. The successful candidate is a tenacious problem solver with strong critical thinking and decision-making skills who can keep cool in high-pressure situations.
Ideal candidates should be nimble, have sound news judgment, understand the ingredients needed for a great character-driven story, and have strong people skills. They also possess expert social media sleuthing skills and have a proven track record of mining the internet to find and develop stories that have impact. Knowledge of the metro St. Louis area and the ability to develop sources and contacts will aid success.
We believe our newsroom culture sets 5 On Your Side apart because of our news managers’ strong commitment to our employees’ professional growth, training, regular feedback, and mentoring. If you're a great teammate who seeks a collaborative newsroom culture, we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities
Sourcing, confirming, and disseminating information necessary for the news operation
Coordinating multiple crews and breaking stories simultaneously
Enterprising and developing news stories
Setting up stories and helping write for digital platforms and newscast
Researching stories for facts and credibility
Using social media mining tools to discover unique content
Developing contacts and sources to be used in newsgathering operation
Organizing press releases and maintaining relationships with public relations representatives
Create and oversee dynamic, engaging newscasts, ensuring a seamless flow and accurate presentation.
Performing other tasks as required by supervisor or executive producers
Requirements
BA/BS in journalism, communications, or related field
A minimum 3 years’ experience working as a producer or on the assignment desk
Strong organizational and communication skills
Calmly and confidently multi-task under tight deadlines
Ability to handle live, breaking news situations and rapidly changing events
Sound understanding of the principles of professional journalism
Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Knowledge of ENPS, a plus
Knowledge of the legal process and court systems, a plus
Familiarity with St. Louis or a reason to relocate here will set your application apart
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 part-time 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, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 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 doctor’s 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.
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud 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 disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
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 tegna.com 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.
Privacy Notice for California Residents
SMS Messaging Privacy Policy
