Location
GA-Atlanta
Job Title
Assistant News Director - Atlanta Radio
Position Overview
WSB Radio Atlanta is seeking a strategic, innovative, team-oriented, and passionate journalist to be our Assistant News Director. This opportunity is for a leader who possesses a passion for local news along with the highest standards for producing unbiased and impactful reporting for our audience. Our ideal candidate will be an experienced, hands‑on leader, with a vision and mission to serve the needs of our listeners.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist with all aspects of short and long‑form news coverage
- Work with reporters on stories and serve as a content editor
- Excellent communication, organization, judgement and writing skills
- Ability to anchor live coverage of breaking news and/or special coverage
- Ability to conduct live and/or taped interviews
- Be consistently up to date on local, national and international stories
- Assist news director with hiring and the day‑to‑day management of the news team
- Create a monthly newsroom schedule
- Strong ability to grow people through feedback and performance management and internal training opportunities
- Experience with news software like Newsboss or Burli
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Coordinate with digital team to integrate reporter content to digital and social platforms
Minimum Qualifications
- At least three years of newsroom management experience
- Strong writing and editorial skills
- Bachelor's Degree required (Journalism, English or Communications preferred)
- Must be willing to work a schedule that includes holidays and non‑traditional work hours
- Must have a valid driver's license and clean driving record