Assignment Editor
Hearst Health
Salary undisclosed
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Description
Assignment Editor
KOAT, the ABC & CBS affiliates in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has an opening for someone who wants to win each day in the role of Assignment Editor. You can capture the essence of what's happening in the community and help to bring it home to our viewers. You will have a take charge attitude for breaking news. You find distinctive enterprise stories and oversee news coverage. As a newsroom leader your impact sets us apart. You will report to the Assistant 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 newscasts
- Assist news management with content gathering and planning
- Assist producers, digital editors and reporters with story gathering
- Keep track of crews in the field and communicate with them
- Furnish content and post it to all digital platforms—including sending push alerts, Twitter and Facebook post
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 newsmakers
- Either have a working knowledge of FTP or will learn how to FTP video to other stations
- 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 anchors, reporters, producers, and digital editors
- 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
Values in Action
At Hearst Television, we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That’s why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communication, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate, and connected to 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
Benefits
- health insurance
- 401(k)
- paid time off
- parental leave
About this role
At KOAT (Hearst Health's ABC and CBS affiliates in Albuquerque), the Assignment Editor role is the operational nerve center of the newsroom. You'll monitor police scanners across a dozen-plus agencies, sift through tips and press releases to identify what matters to viewers, and coordinate coverage across on-air and digital platforms. This is a leadership position where your judgment about what stories to pursue directly shapes the station's output, and where you'll work closely with producers, reporters, and digital editors to keep everyone aligned during both routine days and breaking news situations.
The role demands someone with solid experience listening to police scanners and a working fluency with social media platforms and digital publishing tools. You'll need to handle multiple information streams simultaneously—scanner traffic, emails, calls, social media monitoring—and make quick decisions about newsworthiness while staying composed under pressure. Familiarity with local news technology and FTP file transfer is expected, or you should be willing to learn it quickly.
This is a full-time, in-office position in Albuquerque requiring flexibility with shifts, including nights and weekends. Hearst offers medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, paid parental leave, and emotional wellness support. Prior military experience is a consideration for the role.
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