Assignment Editor

This is a Full Time Job

Assignment Editor

CBS News Philadelphia has an immediate opening for an effective and efficient Assignment Editor with a proven record of multitasking. The individual is a highly competitive news professional with a passion for accuracy, breaking news, and proactive coverage of events that touch the lives of our audience. This individual's demeanor is geared towards a “get it done point of view” while maintaining the utmost integrity. Familiarity with the Philadelphia area is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Lead daily newsroom assignments, monitor phones, coordinate logistics, and monitor social media
• Monitor police/fire scanners for breaking news, write breaking news alerts for digital
• Meet deadlines in high-stress and critical 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 they 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/manage contact lists, and story files
• Develop new contacts with government agencies (city, state, federal), and public relations representatives
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with our reporters and photographers, become a bridge of trust between newsroom personnel and those who work on the street.

Basic Qualifications:

• 2 years of experience as a television news assignment editor is strongly preferred, however, a proven 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.
• Broadcast Journalism degree preferred.

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.



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