Job Description
About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) is an innovative media company that serves the greater good of our communities. Across platforms, TEGNA tells empowering stories, conducts impactful investigations and delivers innovative marketing solutions. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA is the largest owner of top 4 network affiliates in the top 25 markets among independent station groups, reaching approximately 39 percent of all television households nationwide. TEGNA also owns leading multicast networks True Crime Network and Quest. TEGNA Marketing Solutions (TMS) offers innovative solutions to help businesses reach consumers across television, digital and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, including Premion, TEGNA's OTT advertising service. For more information, visit www.TEGNA.com.
Do you like to have your hands in everything? Are you a writing wizard? Do you live for breaking news? Then a hybrid role in the digital department at WUSA9 in Washington, DC is the place for you.
WUSA9, TEGNA's flagship CBS station, is looking for a smart, self-starter with a background/interest in digital and research to join our content discovery desk team as a part-time Digital Editor focused on weekend news coverage. The position is an opportunity to get hands-on experience in two roles in the newsroom.
This position requires producing original content across all of WUSA9's digital platforms, gathering information, answering phones, identifying breaking stories on police scanners, managing content produced by others, including copy editing for our various desktop/mobile/social platforms, bringing in live shots from various sources and live streaming. The position is responsible for assigning and dispatching crews, assisting crews with contacts, and research.
The ideal candidate for this position is an innovative journalist who thrives in a fast-paced environment and loves to inspire, inform, and make a positive impact on our audience and community. You must be a strong writer and copy editor with excellent editorial judgment, time management, and multi-tasking skills. A successful candidate will also help enterprise news through beat calls, social media, and cultivated sources. This person works well under pressure and is available to work a flexible schedule, including weekends and holidays.
Responsibilities:
- Write and post stories to all WUSA9 digital/mobile/social platforms.
- Identify stories on police scanners.
- Answer phones
- Research/confirm breaking news as it happens and report online.
- Move broadcast crews to breaking news stories and ensure they have all the details confirmed
- Monitor news releases, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other online news sources.
- Use social media mining tools to discover unique content for coverage.
- Work with all newsroom departments on content coverage
- Coordinate live streams of news events with a heavy emphasis on breaking news
- Aggregate content for streaming platforms
- Send push alerts to breaking news stories/ high-interest content
- Identify compelling, unique stories and user-generated content of interest to our audience
- Pitch story ideas in daily editorial meetings
- Work with reporters to develop assigned stories
- Cultivate trustworthy sources
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent experience required
- Prior newsroom experience, with at least 1 year digital and/or assignment desk experience
- Be an ethical journalist
- Excellent writing (stories, social, push notifications), editing and proofreading skills
- Strong knowledge of AP Style
- Proficiency in SEO best practices, video optimization, and live streaming a plus
- Outstanding interpersonal, organizational, and time-management skills
- Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Ability to prioritize and manage requests from various sources with an ability to work well with varied personalities within deadlines
- Self-starter who can work well as a member of a team
- Deadline-driven and able to multitask/perform well in a fast-paced environment
- Must be able to work a flexible schedule as warranted by vacations/breaking news coverage (this role involves weekend shifts)
Benefits:
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.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
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Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers. If you are unsure if a message is from TEGNA, please email askhr@tegna.com.
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