ASSIGNMENT EDITOR - KOTA/KEVN

About Gray Media:

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 45 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

About KOTA & KEVN:

KOTA/KEVN in Rapid City is a station deeply rooted in the community and committed to local journalism. If you're someone who wants to help us inform, educate, and entertain our audiences across broadcast and digital platforms, then send your resume to us right away.
Take this opportunity to build your career in a place where people come from all over the world to enjoy.

Job Summary/Description:

KOTA/KEVN is looking for a newsroom leader with solid news judgment who can juggle multiple tasks and adjust to a constantly changing environment. The ideal candidate must be the calm in the chaos while evaluating resources, making good decisions, and communicating clearly and effectively under a deadline.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Help lead and participate in editorial and planning meetings
• Generate and pitch story ideas
• Create, gather, develop, confirm, and set up news coverage
• Assist in dispatching reporters to breaking news and all coverage assignments
• Manage logistics for coverage assignments
• Post assignments in the newsroom planning grid, providing specific details and updates for all assignments
• Track and communicate the development of news stories and events
• Work with our broadcast and digital teammates for coordinated coverage, which includes writing/editing stories for both platforms
• Work with reporters and producers on story treatment
• Develop and maintain news contacts and sources
• Keep the newsroom contact list updated
• Engage in short and long-term planning and maintain a planning calendar
• Answer telephone calls, emails, and social media messages from the public
• Collaborate with network assignment desks and other affiliates via phone and email
• Upload and share video/sound with field teams, affiliates, sister stations, and/or the Network
• Maintain our fleet of vehicles by scheduling repairs, oil changes, and other necessities
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree; Communications, Journalism, or related field required
• Valid driver's license with a good driving record
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrate solid news judgment
• Strong research skills, including conducting online research using various search engines
• Ability to stay current with national and local news/weather
• Advanced knowledge of social media & digital platforms
• Knowledge of the television market, geography, and issues
• Ability to maintain multiple modes of communication and coordinate multiple issues during breaking news and other stressful situations
• Ability to work independently with little supervision
• Ability to remain positive and foster a positive work environment
• Willing to work flexible hours and work well with coworkers
• Maintain strong journalistic ethics; maintain professional and ethical conduct at the station and in the community
• Strong initiative and attention to detail