Assistant News Director

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.

KGW in Portland, Oregon, is looking for a transformational, people-oriented leader to serve as Assistant News Director.
At KGW, the Assistant News Director works closely with the News Director to run daily news operations, focusing on content across all platforms and staff management. Common tasks include assigning stories, critiquing broadcasts, ensuring journalistic standards, and filling in for the News Director – all while driving innovation in a multi-platform news environment.
The Assistant News Director manages reporters and producers, approves scripts and copy across platforms, coaches employees and helps create strategies to grow audience. It’s a job where no two days are the same and requires someone who is good at thinking on their feet and adapting to challenging situations.
Key Responsibilities
•    Operational Oversight: Manages daily newsroom activities, ensures deadlines are met, and serves as the News Director in their absence.
•    Content & Editorial: Develops news coverage plans, works with journalists to build stories, finalizes scripts, and provides daily critiques of newscasts and digital content.
•    Staff Leadership: Hires, trains, and mentors news staff (reporters, producers, etc.), fostering a positive, high-performing culture.
•    Multi-Platform Focus: Coordinates news coverage across all platforms (TV, digital, streaming, social), with an emphasis on digital growth.
•    Quality & Standards: Ensures adherence to journalistic ethics, libel laws, and the station's brand standards, focusing on quality and ratings success.
•    Strategic Planning: Collaborates with management on content philosophy, marketing, and achieving ratings goals.
Requirements
•    Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, or related field.
•    Proven experience in news programming and leadership with several years in news management.
•    Experience in managing a team, including managing both senior employees and early-career team members.
•    Strong decision-making, communication, and problem-solving skills.
•    Familiarity with digital news production and multi-platform content delivery. Experience with streaming strategy and execution is a must.
•    Ability to mentor and motivate a diverse team.

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year. 

* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

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