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KETV, the ABC affiliate in Omaha, NE has an opening for someone who wants to win each day in the role of Assignment Manager. This person will be a digital-forward thinker who is responsible for finding and driving content to all of our platforms. You will have a take charge attitude for breaking news. You will find distinctive enterprise stories and oversee news coverage. As a newsroom leader, you will bring creative and innovative solutions to everyday problems. 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 digital and television. 
• Assist news management with content gathering and planning
• Assist producers, digital editors and reporters with daily story gathering
• Keep track of crews in the field and communicate with them
• Furnish content and post it to all digital platforms
• Create and publish newsroom schedules. 

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
• 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 the entire news team
• Be 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