Assignment Editor
| Company | Hearst |
|---|---|
| Location | Fort Myers, FL, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
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
- Either have a working knowledge of FTP or will learn how to FTP video to other stations
- Familiar with local newsgathering technology and terminology
- Will maintain professional working relationships with newsmakers
- Can gather information from multiple sources simultaneously and quickly push it out to anchors, reporters, producers, and digital editors or post it
- Be able to remain calm and level-headed during breaking news situations
- Willing to work a variety of shifts including weekends and nights
- Excellent AP writing skills, knowledge of video editing, experience with social media best practices
- Related military experience will be considered
- In-person attendance is required
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
- Write/edit and publish breaking news and weather, daily news, sports and feature stories for our station website, and social media platforms
- Write compelling headlines; especially for mobile and social media and carefully create mobile push notifications for breaking news/severe weather
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.