# Assistant News Director

**Company**: TEGNA Inc.
**Location**: Louisville, KY
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Communications
**Industry**: Other

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## Description

WHAS11, TEGNA's ABC affiliate in Louisville, KY, 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 our station's storytelling, writing and execution.

Responsibilities:

- 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 executive team on goals focused on growing our people, our content, and our 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 entire editorial team

- Evaluate workflow efficiencies and adjust processes and procedures as necessary

Requirements:

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

- 3-5 years of content experience, including generation of original content

- Solid journalistic and content judgement 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:

- Comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of employees and their families

- 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 company match

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

## Skills

### Required
- journalism
- communications
- news leadership
- content creation
- people management

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