News Director

The role

The News Director oversees all content operations and leads the strategic vision for station growth. This person will manage the news department and oversee on-air and digital news content.

What you will do

• Strategically lead, inspire and manage the news department.
• Oversee on-air and digital news content.
• Work closely with the news team to produce high-quality, relevant, local content.
• Prioritize collaboration between television and digital content teams, marketing, and news.
• Foster, encourage and reward out-of-the-box thinking.
• Emphasize the importance of solid research to build credibility.
• Use consumer analytics to determine content.
• Skillfully use social media and digital tools to research, discover and distribute content.
• Lead a culture that owns enterprise reporting and breaking news across all content platforms.
• Inspire and coach superior, unique and engaging storytelling.

Required qualifications

• 8-10 years of content leadership experience, including generation of original content.
• 4-5 years managing other journalists.
• Top notch communication skills.
• Solid journalistic judgement and a news philosophy that emphasizes accurate, fair and unique local content, along with community engagement.
• Understanding of the tenets of professional journalism.
• Skills in producing engaging, content-driven newscasts and digital content.
• Strong social media skills, including an active news hound presence on Twitter and Facebook.
• Organizational skills and the ability to work under time pressure deadlines.
• Ability to calmly handle live, breaking news situations and changing events.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree and news leadership experience highly desired or equivalent years of experience in news leadership

Benefits

• Two medical plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
• Dental and eye care coverage
• Fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) program with 100% match on the first 4% of pay
• Nine free virtual doctor’s appointments through Teladoc
• 12 free annual therapy sessions through Spring Health
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Nine paid holidays per year

About the company

TEGNA Inc. helps people thrive in their local communities by providing trusted local news and services. KARE 11 News is the TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN.