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Editor, Assignment Desk
Tribune Company
Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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Overview
LOCATION: KFOR-TV
POSITION TITLE: Assignment Editor
REPORTS TO: News Management
POSITION SUMMARY:
Love being in charge? Want to juggle several different job duties? We need someone who can do it all, while working with a great group of people producing the best news product in the country.
PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS:
1. Staff the assignment desk
2. Monitor scanners for breaking news
3. Interact with viewers via telephone and email
4. Dispatch crews to stories
5. Write news stories and post to various social media platforms.
Candidates with the following abilities are preferred:
1. Strong writing ability.
2. Calm under pressure.
3. Great at multi-tasking.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
1. Must be willing to work weekends, unusual shifts and holidays.
STATEMENT ABOUT OTHER DUTIES:
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, work load, rush jobs, special projects, technological developments, etc.
Apply by going to the link listed below and then filter the job search by location (US-OK-Oklahoma City).This will allow you to view all current postings for KFOR jobs.
http://www.tribunemedia.com/?page_id=15562
Tribune Broadcasting OKC LLC, is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Must be willing to submit to background screening
Company Info
Tribune Media Company (NYSE: TRCO) is home to a diverse portfolio of television and digital properties driven by quality news, entertainment, and sports programming. Tribune Media is comprised of Tribune Broadcasting's 42 owned or operated local television stations reaching more than 50 million households, national entertainment network WGN America, whose reach is approaching 80 million households, Tribune Studios, and a variety of digital applications and websites commanding 60 million monthly unique visitors online. Tribune Media also includes Chicago's WGN-AM and the national multicast networks Antenna TV and THIS TV. Additionally, the Company owns and manages a significant number of real estate properties across the U.S. and holds a variety of investments, including a 31% equity interest in TV Food Network and a 32% equity interest in CareerBuilder.