News Director: Lead Local Journalism & Innovation

ADP, Inc.; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Rincon Broadcasting Group seeks a News Director to lead KLKN in Lincoln, Nebraska, and KBSI in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. You will shape editorial direction, coach leaders, and grow a strong local journalism team across broadcast and digital platforms.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, strategic vision, and a commitment to community-focused storytelling across multiple outlets. Based in Lincoln with collaboration across two markets.

Qualifications

• Previous newsroom leadership experience is required; Senior role strongly preferred.
• Comfortable leading through change and experimenting with new technology, platforms, and approaches to local journalism.
• Enjoy coaching employees, giving clear feedback, setting expectations, recognizing good work, and helping people get better.
• Strong communication and decision-making skills.
• Ability to see the big picture without losing sight of the details that make a newsroom successful every day.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and editorial direction for the KLKN and KBSI news operations across all platforms.
• Coach, mentor, and develop newsroom leaders, producers, anchors, reporters, MMJs, and other content, marketing, and production team members.
• Set clear editorial priorities and ensure our newscasts and digital products consistently deliver meaningful, relevant local journalism.
• Lead coverage of breaking news, daily news, severe weather, and community events.
• Work with newsroom leaders and team members to ensure accurate, high quality storytelling, writing, producing, showcasing and overall execution.
• Recruit, hire, and develop talented journalists and help build a strong pipeline for future newsroom leaders.
• Look for new and better ways to produce and distribute local news across broadcast, digital, streaming, social, and emerging platforms.
• Embrace technology, innovation, and new workflows that allow our teams to work smarter and better serve our audiences.
• Work collaboratively with other departments, including marketing, sales, engineering, and station leadership.
• Manage newsroom staffing, schedules, resources, and budgets for both newsrooms.
• Maintain strong journalistic and ethical standards across both newsrooms.
• Other newsroom and station duties as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Editorial leadership

Coaching journalists

Change management

Communication

Decision making

Ethics & newsroom standards

Job description

Rincon Broadcasting Group seeks a News Director to lead KLKN in Lincoln, Nebraska, and KBSI in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. You will shape editorial direction, coach leaders, and grow a strong local journalism team across broadcast and digital platforms.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, strategic vision, and a commitment to community-focused storytelling across multiple outlets. Based in Lincoln with collaboration across two markets.