- The News Director leads and supervises all aspects of news, weather and sports programming production.
• Manages all aspects of the News Department (other than Production)
• Plans and manages staffing, training, and performance evaluations for the
News Department.
• Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of
employees.
• Develops news coverage strategy for the station and its website.
• Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide
mentoring feedback to news staff.
• Assigns projects to staff and verifies that deadlines are being met.
• Ensures achievement of viewer rating goals.
• Determines programming and evaluation of equipment needs to produce
quality programming.
• Responds to coverage questions.
• Works with other senior station leaders to establish and reach station goals.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements & Skills:
• Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent
combination of education and work-related experience.
• Fluency in English.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Minimum five years’ experience in news programming production, with at least
two years’ experience in a leadership role. (More or less depending on market
size.)
• Experience guiding, directing and motivating subordinates, including setting
performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Experience establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies
and actions to achieve them.
• Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and to coach, mentor or
otherwise help others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Experience preparing and maintaining departmental budgets.
• Proficiency with computers, telephones, copiers, scanners, fax machines and
other office equipment.
• Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks
simultaneously.
• Ability to effectively listen to fully understand employee needs and
communicate with a team to shape a solution.
$120-130K annually commensurate with experience and skillset.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Fluency in English.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Minimum five years' experience in news programming production, with at least two years in a leadership role.
- Experience guiding, directing and motivating subordinates, including setting and monitoring performance standards.
- Experience establishing long-range objectives and specifying strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Ability to identify developmental needs of others and to coach, mentor, or improve staff skills.
- Experience preparing and maintaining departmental budgets.
- Proficiency with computers, telephones, copiers, scanners, fax machines and other office equipment.
- Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to actively listen and communicate effectively with a team to shape solutions.
What We Do
Nexstar Media Group is the largest TV station operator in the country. With the reach of 171 full power television stations in 100 markets addressing nearly 38.9% of US television households, and a diversified, growing digital media operation, Nexstar Media Group offers superior audience engagement across all media devices and local broadcast television’s unrivalled influence on consumers’ purchasing and political decisions. In 20 years, Nexstar has grown from a single station to the nation’s largest television company. This growth is fueled by an organization-wide commitment to delivering exceptional service to our communities and outstanding results for our advertisers. From the very beginning, Nexstar has cultivated an organization-wide commitment to providing superior, unique local content that is relevant to each of the communities it serves, while offering local businesses, advertisers and brands the ability to engage and connect with local communities.
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