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Assistant News Director

TEGNA Inc., a leading media company with a focus on local news across multiple platforms, seeks an experienced Assistant News Director to enhance storytelling and lead the news team at WTSP-TV Tampa. The role requires strong leadership, news judgment, and collaboration to drive impactful news coverage that represents diverse communities.

Skills

  • Strong news judgment with focus on accuracy and fairness.
  • Excellent people management and leadership skills.
  • Effective communication and conflict management abilities.
  • Organizational skills to manage deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to collaborate across teams and platforms.
  • Ability to operate news gathering vehicle with valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with producers, reporters, anchors, digital producers, and photographers to create compelling original news stories.
  • Oversee production of newscasts and special programming.
  • Lead news team decisions during breaking news and severe weather events.
  • Integrate multi-platform content approaches in news gathering.
  • Promote core values, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and Race and Culture content.
  • Strategize with executive leadership to grow newsroom talent, content, and audience.
  • Build relationships with news sources and community stakeholders.
  • Manage administrative tasks including staff scheduling and training.
  • Provide coaching and feedback to improve overall editorial quality.
  • Evaluate and improve newsroom workflows and processes.

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or related field.
  • Experience in news leadership roles.

Benefits

  • Medical plans through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas.
  • Dental and eye care coverage.
  • Fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance.
  • Disability and life insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4%.
  • Nine free virtual doctor appointments annually via Teladoc.
  • Twelve free annual therapy sessions via Spring Health.
  • Paid Time Off and nine paid holidays.
  • Support for diverse and inclusive workplace culture.
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Tegna Inc. is an American publicly traded broadcast, digital media and marketing services company headquartered in Tysons, Virginia. It was created on June 29, 2015, when the Gannett Company split into two publicly traded companies.

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