Assignment Editor

This is a Full Time Job

CBS News and Stations is home to the nation's #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O'DONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations' top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News' streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today's digital age.

Overview:

CBS news has an immediate opening for a hardworking dynamic Assignment Editor. The individual is a highly competitive news professional with a passion for breaking news that flourishes with beating the competition and getting the story. This individuals demeanor is naturally geared towards a “get it done point of view” while maintaining the utmost integrity.

Join the team!

Responsibilities:

• Lead newsroom assignments, monitor phones, coordinate logistics, monitoring scanners, and social media
• Monitor police/fire scanners for breaking news, work with the Assignment Manager, Managing Editor on story ideas, and expanded coverage plans
• Meet deadlines in high-stress breaking news situations while logistically dispatching crews efficiently
• Dispatch crews to stories and breaking news, using appropriate logistical and journalistic judgment
• Assist in finding stories with an emphasis on our key brand points and tracking stories as they develop
• Handle time and logistics to make sure the selected narratives are covered efficiently with available staff
• Generate original stories and develop follow-ups, track social media for news gathering, update information in assignment desk I-news daybook, maintain contact lists, and story files
• Develop new contacts with government agencies (city, state, federal), and public relations representatives!

Basic Qualifications:

• 2 years of television news assignment editor experience is strongly preferred, however, a significant background in print reporting or radio news will be considered

Additional Qualifications:

• Must have newsroom experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Work efficiently and proficiently with newsroom personnel and the public
• Organizational skills and the ability to multi-task a must