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.

WBZ-TV news has an immediate opening for a hardworking dynamic multi-skilled 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 candidate must be able to work in a fast paced collaborative environment and prioritize responsibilities for WBZ's linear and digital platforms. You will partner and engage with all aspects of the public and display a high degree of sensitivity to the concerns of viewers and constituencies with different points of view.

Responsibilities include:
• Manage newsroom assignments, monitor phones, coordinate logistics, monitor scanners and social media for breaking news
• Work with Assignment Manager, Assistant News Director, Digital Managing Editor on story ideas, and expanded coverage plans while finding opportunities to differentiate WBZ News coverage that includes diverse perspectives
• Meet deadlines in breaking news situations for both broadcast and digital while logistically dispatching crews efficiently
• Must advocate breaking news for our streaming platform by communicating with the team and ensuring information is accurate in a timely manner
• Dispatch crews to stories and breaking news, using appropriate logistical and journalistic judgement
• Assist in finding stories with emphasis on our key brand points and tracking stories as they develop for broadcast and digital
• Handle time and logistics to make sure the selected stories are covered efficiently with available staff
• Generate original stories and develop follow-ups, track social media for news gathering, update information in newsroom database, maintain contact lists, and story files
• Develop new contacts with government agencies (city, state, federal) and public relations representatives

Qualifications:

• Minimum two years prior TV News Assignment Editor experience is strongly preferred, however, a significant experience in Print | Digital reporting or Radio News will be considered.
• Minimum two years newsroom experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Organizational skills and the ability to multi-task