• News Assignment Editor

    Sinclair Broadcast Group (Austin, TX)


    CBS Austin/Telemundo Austin is seeking a detail-oriented, proactive, energetic, and creative full-time News Assignment Editor!

    Skills and Experience:

    + Assign and track news crews

    + Identify and develop daily content

    + Write and post content to station website and social media sites

    + Compelling and accurate writing

    + Listen to scanners and react to breaking news, make beat checks, monitor web sites and social media, react to developing news

    + Develop and maintain contacts and sources to enterprise story ideas

    + Listen for and respond to breaking news

    + Assisting in the efficient operations of the assignment desk

    Requirements and Qualifications:

    + Minimum of 1 year of assignment desk experience

    + Commitment to journalistic standards of ethics and accuracy

    + Ability to communicate effectively

    + Basic computer knowledge/word processing skills

    + General knowledge and interest in local, national and world news

    + Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines

    + Proficiency with Facebook, Twitter and emerging social media platforms

    + Bachelor’s degree with a major in Journalism is also preferred

    EEO AND INCLUSIVITY:

    Sinclair is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

     

    Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; and owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, TBD., and The Nest. Sinclair's content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the nation's largest streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net.