Assignments/Story Desk Editor

About the role

This hybrid role combines the skills of an assignment editor and a digital content producer to serve as the hub of the newsroom. The position drives daily editorial execution to make certain our news team is curating and producing impactful stories, and ensures our content connects authentically with audiences across streaming, digital, social and broadcast platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and communicate newsroom coverage during breaking news, ensuring accuracy, urgency and balance
• Marshal news teams in Portland and Bangor to win every breaking news story, get there first, get best images, most urgent sound & information, best context
• Monitor scanners, news wires, social media, and other sources for breaking news and potential stories
• Assign Photographers to shoots, MSJs, holds, 207 Assign Producer and Editor for the Maine Monitor Segment
• Assign Producer and Editor and assist with "Political Brew"
• Oversee identification and assignment of news stories
• Collaborate with the team on daily coverage plans, and communicate plans to Producers, Digital & Field Crews
• Assist EP/Assistant News Director and News Director with long-term coverage plans
• Aid Digital with stream planning (livestream and show plans)
• Maintain and manage editorial calendars and planning tools
• Help with newsroom logistics, including crew scheduling, travel arrangements, and support for field operations
• Communicate with Desks at NBC/CNN, send PKGs and Coverage notes as needed
• Lead Morning meetings as needed
• Build Story Desk team schedules, help manage team PTO
• Support newsroom operations and coverage planning as needed
• Uphold TEGNA’s journalistic standards and values across all platforms

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of journalism experience in a local newsroom, digital production, or related role
• Strong news judgment and the ability to make fast, sound editorial decisions under pressure
• Excellent writing skills, with the ability to produce accurate and compelling content quickly
• Experience with newsroom systems, CMS tools
• Organizational skills to manage competing priorities in a deadline-driven environment
• A collaborative, solutions-focused mindset that thrives in a team environment
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or equivalent experience