Description
Lead and manage the newsroom, directing editorial strategy and daily operations for broadcast and digital platforms; plan coverage and schedules, supervise staff, and ensure content meets journalistic, legal, and FCC standards.
- • Recruit, hire, coach, and evaluate newsroom staff.
- • Plan and schedule daily, breaking, and enterprise coverage using time, staff, community needs, ratings, and analytics.
- • Monitor and review newscasts and digital posts to ensure deadlines, standards, and quality.
- • Direct and coordinate reporters, producers, anchors, photojournalists, editors, and the assignment desk.
- • Ensure FCC, legal, and ethical compliance; vet scripts, graphics, and rundowns for accuracy and fairness.
- • Approve or reprioritize story pitches, assignments, and coverage angles.
- • Set newsroom schedules; assign shifts, beats, and crews.
- • Coordinate coverage with production, engineering, digital, and promotions teams.
- • Analyze ratings and digital metrics and adjust content strategy.
- • Develop and manage the news budget and monitor spending.
- • Lead breaking news response, live deployments, and safety protocols.
- • Oversee investigative pieces, special reports, and sweeps.
- • Confer with producers and technical directors on production, resources, and coverage.
- • Oversee acquisition and rights clearance for third-party footage and user-generated content.
- • Monitor network, affiliate, and wire advisories for special feeds and updates.
- • Develop promotion plans for newscasts, specials, and digital initiatives.
- • Ensure accurate listings, rundowns, teases, and metadata across platforms.
- • Approve scripts and edits; enforce writing, editing, and visual standards.
- • Oversee setup of remote/live facilities and field crews.
- • Ensure accurate timing and control-room coordination during live newscasts.
- • Represent the newsroom with station leadership and in community outreach.
- • Provide newsroom training on standards, safety, and legal issues.
- • Review news-related logs, EAS tests, and compliance records; resolve issues.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
