# Assistant News Director

**Company**: TEGNA
**Location**: Atlanta
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Communications
**Industry**: Other

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## Description

WXIA WATL-TV Atlanta, the TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate in Atlanta, is seeking a motivated and people-oriented leader to serve as Assistant News Director.

The ideal candidate is a collaborative, experienced leader who's great at juggling multiple projects and growing journalists. Through careful coaching, the Assistant News Director elevates the station's storytelling, writing, and execution.

The Assistant News Director will:

- Work closely with producers, reporters, anchors, and photographers on compelling, impact-driven original storytelling and daily news coverage

- Oversee production of newscasts and special programming

- Make split-second decisions to lead the news team during breaking news and severe weather events

- Work with executive producers to ensure a multi-platform content approach in every stage of the news gathering process

- Strategize with the executive team on goals focused on growing people, content, and audience

- Build relationships with news sources and community stakeholders

- Execute administrative duties such as managing direct reports, creating schedules, and training new employees

- Assist in training and providing valuable feedback for the entire editorial team

- Evaluate workflow efficiencies and adjust processes and procedures as necessary

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or a related field and news leadership experience

- 5-7 years of content experience, including generation of original content

- Solid journalistic and content judgment that emphasizes accurate, fair, and unique local content, along with community engagement

- Excellent people management skills

- Strong communication and conflict management skills

- Strong organizational skills in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment

Benefits: TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental, and financial health of employees and their families. These include:

- Two medical plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas

- Access to dental and eye care coverage

- Fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance

- Disability and life insurance

- 401(k) program with a company match

- Nine free virtual doctor's appointments with a physician through Teladoc

- 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health

- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit and nine paid holidays per year

## Skills

### Required
- journalism
- communications
- news leadership
- content creation
- people management
- conflict management
- organizational skills

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