News Director

Tegna • Minneapolis, MN

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About The Position

KARE 11 News, the TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, is seeking an innovative, passionate News Director to lead its content operations and help shape the station’s strategic growth. The role calls for a leader who embraces creative storytelling and investigative journalism across newscasts, digital, streaming, and social platforms, and who can develop a digital-first roadmap aligned with the company’s strategic vision.

The News Director will lead and manage the news department, oversee on-air and digital content, and help deliver impactful, relevant local journalism that distinguishes the station. The role emphasizes collaboration across television, digital, and marketing teams; consumer analytics and research; enterprise reporting and breaking news; and coaching journalists to create distinctive, engaging stories. The News Director is also expected to foster an inspiring and inclusive culture and work with department heads toward station goals.

Requirements

• 8–10 years of content leadership experience, including generating original content.
• 4–5 years of experience managing other journalists.
• Successful, innovative leadership, with staff and product development skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Sound journalistic judgment and a news philosophy emphasizing accurate, fair, and distinctive local content and community engagement.
• Understanding of professional journalism principles.
• Ability to produce engaging, content-driven newscasts and digital content.
• Strong social media skills, including an active news presence on Twitter and Facebook.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work under time pressure and deadlines.
• Ability to calmly handle live breaking-news situations and changing events.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree and news leadership experience are highly desired, or equivalent years of experience in news leadership.

Responsibilities

• Strategically lead, inspire, and manage the news department.
• Oversee on-air and digital news content.
• Work with the news team to produce high-quality, relevant local content that distinguishes the station from competitors.
• Promote collaboration between television and digital content teams, as well as marketing, to create original programming and breaking-news coverage for all platforms.
• Encourage and reward creative thinking that leads to differentiation and success.
• Emphasize solid research to build credibility.
• Use consumer analytics to inform content decisions.
• Use social media and digital tools to research, discover, and distribute content.
• Lead a culture that prioritizes enterprise reporting and breaking news across all content platforms.
• Inspire and coach superior, unique, and engaging storytelling.
• Interact daily with department heads to help achieve station goals and extend the brand.
• Perform other assigned duties to advance the organization’s mission and values.

Benefits

• Medical plan options for full- and part-time employees.
• Dental and eye care coverage.
• Fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance.
• Disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company matching contributions up to the first 4% of pay; matching contributions are 100% vested from day one.
• Nine free virtual doctor appointments per year for employees and eligible family members, regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans.
• Twelve free annual therapy sessions for employees and eligible family members.
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Nine paid holidays per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director