News Director

• 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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