Assignment Desk Coordinator

Job Description

KETV, the ABC affiliate in Omaha, NE is moving its assignment desk into the future and looking for a digital-forward person to join our nightside team as Assignment Desk Coordinator. We’re looking for a utility player who is aggressive on breaking news, can help publish content to our digital platforms, and has the editorial judgment of a producer. You will find distinctive enterprise stories, oversee crews, and help with day-to-day logistics and planning. As a newsroom leader your impact sets us apart. You will report to the News Director.

Responsibilities

Listen to multiple police scanners which cover more than a dozen agencies throughout our market—must have great "scanner ears"

• Gather and organize press releases, emails, phone calls and viewer tips. Decide which of the above will yield compelling content for newscasts
• Assist news management with content gathering and planning
• Assist producers, digital editors and reporters with story gathering
• Keep track of crews in the field and communicate with them
• Furnish content and post it to all digital platforms—including sending push alerts, and publishing to Facebook, X, YouTube, and Instagram.

Requirements

• Experience listening to police scanners
• Experience with digital platforms, especially social media. You will monitor multiple social media accounts to gather content and communicate with news makers
• Experience with Pacer, Nexis, and looking up court cases preferred
• Able to create and maintain professional working relationships with newsmakers
• Must gather information from multiple sources simultaneously and quickly push it out to anchors, reporters, producers, and digital editors
• Able to remain calm and level-headed during breaking news situations
• Willing to work a variety of shifts including weekends and nights
• Related military experience will be considered

Diversity Statement

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.

Benefits

Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.

• Medical | Dental | Vision
• 401(k) matching
• Emotional Wellness Support
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• LGBTQ+ Health Services
• Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs

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