Assignment Editor - Spectrum News 1

Spectrum Local News; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as an Assignment Editor, where your organizational skills will shine in coordinating news coverage. This role offers an exciting opportunity to engage with your community, ensuring timely and accurate news reporting across various platforms. You will lead a team in a fast-paced environment, responding to breaking news and managing logistics effectively. If you are passionate about storytelling and thrive under pressure, this position is your chance to make a significant impact in local journalism. Embrace the challenge and connect with your audience in meaningful ways!

Benefits

Supportive teams

Opportunities for networking and growth

Dynamic growth in the industry

Total rewards and benefits

Qualifications

• 4+ years of assignment desk experience in a television newsroom.
• Strong communication skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate news teams and resources to cover major stories.
• Organize news gathering duties and collaborate on article ideas.

Skills

Effective interpersonal communication

Verbal communication skills

Written communication skills

Ability to organize and manage priorities

Ability to relate well with diverse populations

Ability to develop sources

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Communication

Comparable television work experience

Job description

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Do you take satisfaction in organizing a team of individuals to create a product? Would you like to get some proper news producing experience? If so, send a job application for Assignment Editor to Spectrum News.

Spectrum News is made up of over 30 hyper-local news and regional sports networks dedicated to producing original, unbiased and high-quality content. We use innovative journalistic approaches, backed by comprehensive research, to engage and inform viewers on the most essential news, issues, and events taking place in their communities.

Beyond TV news distribution, our newsrooms publish via the Spectrum News app and connected television. We’re committed to providing viewers with 24-hour news—no matter how, when and where they want it.

BE PART OF THE CONNECTION

In this role, you’ll make sure that major stories are covered during the given shift by coordinating news teams, resources, and logistics. You will establish priorities and assign news units to cover them. You will be organizing the news gathering team's duties and collaborate on article ideas. You’ll be part of a collaborative team that creates compelling, timely, and accurate content to connect with viewers across traditional and digital platforms.

What Our Assignment Editors Enjoy Most

• Responding to breaking news quickly and effectively; organizing numerous live field workers and the chopper.
• Identifying the news events that should be covered and working with editors to decide which reporter should cover each event.

As a part of Spectrum News, you’re creative, highly technical, and ready to bring the character-driven stories of those in your community to life in our newsroom. You value accuracy and want to leverage your curiosity and storytelling abilities to share inspiring news across multiple platforms. Each day is a fast-paced and constantly evolving work environment with new stories to tell and perspectives to uncover. If you’re a nimble, passionate team player, you’ll find a home on our team.

Required Qualifications

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO SPECTRUM NEWS

• Experience: Assignment desk experience in a television newsroom - 4+ years
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Communication or comparable television work experience preferred
• Technical Skills: Ability to develop sources
• Skills: Effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills; ability to clearly communicate solutions; ability to relate well with diverse populations
• Abilities: Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities and work under time pressure deadline
• Travel Ability: Must be open to travel to discover the important stories in your neighborhood and willing to interact with the community
• Schedule: Ability to work different shifts or longer shifts due to "breaking news" and severe weather emergencies. Willing and able to work weekends and holidays
• Working Conditions: Works inside a climate-controlled environment throughout the year. Works in an open newsroom setting with a semi-noisy environment.

SPECTRUM NEWS CONNECTS YOU TO MORE

• Community Impact: You will play an important role in connecting people to and informing them about their local communities
• Supportive Teams: Be part of a strong community that gives you opportunities to network and grow and wants to see you succeed
• Dynamic Growth: The growth of our industry and evolving technology powers our employees’ careers as they move up or around the company
• Total Rewards: See all the ways we invest in you—at work and in life.

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A qualified applicant’s criminal history, if any, will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable laws, including local ordinances.

Get to Know Us Charter Communications is known in the United States by our Spectrum brands, including: Spectrum Internet, TV, Mobile and Voice, Spectrum Networks, Spectrum Business and Spectrum Reach. When you join us, you’re joining a strong community of 95,000 employees working together to serve nearly 32 million customers in 41 states and keep them connected to what matters most.

Who You Are Matters Here We’re committed to growing a workforce that reflects our communities, and providing equal opportunities for employment and advancement. EOE, including disability/vets. Learn about our inclusive culture.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
• Industries
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution