WEAU is looking for a creative, and enthusiastic Assignment Editor to join our team. We are looking for a candidate who loves a quest for knowledge, who can put together a complex puzzle even when one piece is missing, and who wants to make the newsroom operations an important part of their career.  The ideal candidate must be able to own breaking news logistics while having excellent news judgement. In addition, successful candidates must have an understanding of coverage on all platforms and are expected to help generate story ideas. Our Assignment Editors work in collaboration with our Newscast/Digital Producers and are trained to distribute content on all our platforms.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES include, (but are not limited to):

-Lead daily AM/PM news meetings.

-Maintaining the daily planner in ENPS.

-Maintain contact with various police, business and government agencies.

- Communicating daily coverage plans with Gray Media stations, network affiliates, and others.

- Confirm breaking news and re-assign crews to cover.

- Funnel confirmed information to producers during breaking news.

- Posting content to the website.

- Coordinating live shot assignments with photographers.

- Assigning news stories to photographers.

-  Working with the newsroom management team to coordinate weekend news coverage.

- Fulfilling regional/network content requests.

-Ability to work varying shifts, including nights, overnights and weekends.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

•         Strong news judgment, ethics and knowledge of legal standards are a must.

•         Must be extremely aggressive in pursuit of breaking news and verifying unconfirmed information.

•         Familiarity with the use of social media as news gathering tools.

•         Excellent writing, grammar and copy-editing skills.

•         A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience working on a local TV news assignment desk is preferred.

If you feel you're qualified and want to work with a great group of people, apply at  https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings  Please include resume, cover letter, and references.

WEAU-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Additional Info:

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

Gray Media encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus before the first workday.