News Director

TEGNA • Little Rock, AR

2d

About The Position

KTHV (THV11), the TEGNA-owned CBS affiliate in Little Rock, Arkansas, is recruiting a passionate news leader to oversee all aspects of our multi-platform content operation. The ideal candidate will embrace KTHV’s high standards of engaging storytelling, investigative excellence and creating relevant, compelling and impactful news content with a laser focus on breaking news, local weather and sports. This leader brings a strong interest and proven track record in growing young talent, developing staff and recruiting high-potential team members. The News Director will work creatively and collaboratively with KTHV’s news and station management to ensure newscasts are both relevant to the needs of our diverse central Arkansas audience through owning the day’s big stories, being consistent in presentation and giving our audience context plus exclusive information. This leader will uphold TEGNA’s values in every decision: demand the truth, work smarter, do the right thing and win. These values guide how we serve our audiences, support our teams and deliver essential journalism every day.

Requirements

• College degree in journalism, communications or related field.
• Minimum of 5–7 years of news experience preferred, including supervision and leadership of other journalists.
• Strong skills in overseeing and producing engaging, urgent, high-value, content-driven newscasts.
• Excellent writing ability, a must; special programming experience a plus.
• Solid social media skills and an active news-hound strategy across platforms.
• Strong understanding of the tenets of professional journalism.
• Superior organizational skills and an ability to stay calm under constant deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead all daypart teams to create unique newscasts that showcase KTHV’s high-quality content.
• Coach a talented team of producers to execute newscasts in an exciting, captivating and authentic manner including showcasing, storytelling, presentation and developing new segments.
• Coach on-air reporters to perform in an engaging manner across broadcast, digital and social platforms.
• Lead recruitment efforts for all newsroom positions, with emphasis on building a newsroom that mirrors the audience we serve.
• Be a key voice in the KTHV editorial process, guiding coverage focus and newsroom priorities.
• Use research and analytics to guide editorial decisions and measure performance.
• Collaborate with content leaders to ensure alignment of broadcast and digital platforms and teams.
• Oversee planning and coverage of special events and key community initiatives.
• Direct major breaking news coverage promptly and effectively.
• Perform other tasks as required by the Vice President of Content for the region.

Benefits

• TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families.
• TEGNA offers 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 TEGNA’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 TEGNA 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.
• TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
• Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees