Weekend Assignment Editor

Description:

Responsibilities

• Generate story ideas and book guests for live interviews
• Assign a team of reporters and camera staff, and ensure that producers and live-coordinators are kept up to date on changes at all times
• Identify breaking news and effectively coordinate coverage
• Develop and curate a wide ranging list of diverse contacts
• Monitor emergency scanners, social media, internal and external email, and other sources of information, in order to identify news stories
• Anticipate coverage needs, set up news stories, identify gaps and pro-actively suggest solutions
• Take part in the daily and long-term planning of news coverage
• Act as a liaison with our other local stations, various networks and other news agencies
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of local news and newsmakers in GTHA as well as on the provincial and national levels
• Experience coordinating breaking news coverage
• Excellent organizational skill, ability to meet deadlines, self-assign and prioritize duties
• Ability to juggle competing priorities simultaneously on deadline and come up with a successful strategy to execute a plan
• Knowledge of iNews is an asset
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience working in a newsroom as a team player
• Working within and upholding the highest professional journalistic standards
• A broad knowledge of television broadcast and digital news technologies with strong social media skills