Lead Assignment Editor — Breaking News & Enterprise

HEARST PROPERTIES, INC; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical | Dental | Vision

401(k) matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

KOAT, the ABC & CBS affiliates in Albuquerque, NM, has an opening for an Assignment Editor who wants to win each day. You will capture the essence of what's happening in the community and help bring it home to our viewers with a take charge attitude for breaking news.

You will report to the Assistant News Director and oversee news coverage, coordinating with producers, editors, reporters and digital staff to shape enterprise stories for air and digital platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience listening to police scanners.
• Experience with digital platforms, especially social media.
• Either have a working knowledge of FTP or will learn how to FTP video to other stations.
• Familiar with local newsgathering technology and terminology.

Responsibilities

• Listen to multiple police scanners which cover more than a dozen agencies throughout our market—must have great "scanner ears".
• Gather and organize press releases, emails, phone calls and viewer tips. Decide which will yield compelling content for newscasts.
• Assist news management with content gathering and planning.
• Assist producers, digital editors and reporters with story gathering.
• Keep track of crews in the field and communicate with them.
• Furnish content and post it to all digital platforms—including sending push alerts, Twitter and Facebook posts.

Skills

Scanner operation

Social media monitoring

Information gathering

Calm under pressure

Coordination with newsroom

Tools

FTP

Job description

KOAT, the ABC & CBS affiliates in Albuquerque, NM, has an opening for an Assignment Editor who wants to win each day. You will capture the essence of what's happening in the community and help bring it home to our viewers with a take charge attitude for breaking news.

You will report to the Assistant News Director and oversee news coverage, coordinating with producers, editors, reporters and digital staff to shape enterprise stories for air and digital platforms.