News Director

TEGNA Inc. • Minneapolis, MN

2d • $150,000 - $180,000

About The Position

KARE 11 News, the TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate in Minneapolis/St. Paul, is seeking an innovative, passionate News Director to lead teams, grow talent, and oversee all content operations. The News Director will help set the station’s strategic vision for growth and lead efforts to engage, educate, and inform audiences through creative storytelling, investigative journalism, and content across broadcast, digital, streaming, and social platforms.

The successful candidate will bring strong news judgment and management skills, foster an inspiring and inclusive culture, and develop a digital-first roadmap aligned with TEGNA’s strategic vision. The role emphasizes impactful journalism, local content, audience engagement, collaboration across teams, and innovation in how news is produced and distributed.

Requirements

• Eight to ten years of content leadership experience, including generating original content.
• Four to five years of experience managing other journalists.
• Successful innovative leadership, staff development, and product development skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Sound journalistic judgment and a news philosophy emphasizing accurate, fair, distinctive local content and community engagement.
• Understanding of the principles of professional journalism.
• 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 deadlines.
• Ability to handle live breaking-news situations and changing events calmly.

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 differentiates the station from competitors.
• Promote collaboration between television and digital content teams and marketing to create original programming and breaking news coverage across 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 of enterprise reporting and breaking news across all content platforms.
• Inspire and coach superior, unique, and engaging storytelling.
• Work daily with department heads to achieve station goals and extend the brand.
• Perform other assigned duties that support the organization’s mission and values.

Benefits

• Medical plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas.
• Dental and eye care coverage.
• Fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance.
• Disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) contributions with a company match of up to 4% of pay, fully vested from day one.
• Nine free virtual doctor appointments per year for employees and eligible family members.
• Twelve free annual therapy sessions for employees and eligible family members.
• Paid time off.
• Nine paid holidays per year.

What This Job Offers

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