News Director

4 weeks ago

Midland, Texas, United States NewsWest 9 Full time
Job Title: News Director

NewsWest 9 is seeking an experienced News Director to lead our news team and drive strategic growth. As a key member of our leadership team, you will be responsible for overseeing all content operations and developing a digital-first road map to deliver impactful journalism and engage our audience across multiple platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Strategically lead and manage the news department to achieve business objectives.
  • Oversee on-air and digital news content to ensure high-quality, relevant, and local storytelling.
  • Collaborate with the news team to produce innovative and engaging content that sets us apart from competitors.
  • Prioritize collaboration between television and digital content teams to create original programming and breaking news coverage for all platforms.
  • Foster a culture of out-of-the-box thinking and reward innovative ideas that lead to differentiation and success.
  • Emphasize the importance of solid research to build credibility and trust with our audience.
  • Use consumer analytics to determine content and optimize our digital strategy.
  • Skillfully use social media and digital tools to research, discover, and distribute content.
  • Lead a culture that owns enterprise reporting and breaking news across all content platforms.
  • Coach and inspire superior, unique, and engaging storytelling.
  • Interact daily with all department heads to achieve station goals and extend our brand.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree and news leadership experience.
  • At least 5 years of content experience, including generation of original content and coaching other journalists.
  • Successful innovative leadership, along with staff and product development skills.
  • Top-notch communication skills are an absolute must.
  • Solid journalistic judgment and a news philosophy that emphasizes accurate, fair, and unique local content, along with community engagement.
  • Understanding of the tenets of professional journalism.
  • Skills in producing engaging, content-driven newscasts and digital content.
  • Strong social media skills, including an active news hound presence on Twitter and Facebook.
  • Organizational skills and the ability to work under time pressure deadlines.
  • Ability to calmly handle live, breaking news situations and changing events.

About NewsWest 9:

NewsWest 9 is a proud equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

Benefits:

NewsWest 9 offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental, and financial health of our employees and their families. We offer two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time, and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to NewsWest 9's 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in NewsWest 9 medical plans, all employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor's appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

NewsWest 9 offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.

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