Director, News
Core
Lead and supervise all aspects of news, weather, and sports programming production for a local TV station and its website.
Role type
Senior management news director
Builds
News programming (TV and web)
Domain
Broadcast journalism / Local television
Required skills
News programming production, leadership, staffing management, performance evaluation, hiring/termination decisions, news coverage strategy, budget management, deadline prioritization, equipment evaluation
Preferred skills
Coaching and mentoring, strategic planning, multi-tasking
Technologies
Office equipment (computers, telephones, copiers, scanners, fax machines)
Responsibilities
Manage the News Department, plan and manage staffing/training/evaluations, develop news coverage strategy, critique newscasts daily, assign projects and verify deadlines, ensure viewer rating goals, determine equipment needs, work with senior station leaders
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC