Senior Story Desk Editor
About The Position
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news. KENS 5 , the CBS affiliate in San Antonio, Texas , is transforming the way we gather and present news across linear and digital platforms, and we’re looking for a Senior Story Desk Editor to help lead a daypart for our team and embrace our transition to the newsroom of the future. This hybrid role combines the skills of digital content producer and an assignment editor to serve as the hub of the newsroom. The Senior Story Desk Editor drives editorial execution, curates and produces impactful stories, and ensures our content connects authentically with audiences across streaming, digital, social and broadcast platforms. The Senior Story Desk Editor is a key daypart leadership role in a highly collaborative, digital-first newsroom. You will be part of the Story Management Desk (SMD), a unified desk that replaces the legacy digital and assignment desks. The SMD model ensures a single, streamlined workflow for planning, producing and curating stories across platforms. The Senior Story Desk Editor takes responsibility for setting editorial direction during an assigned daypart with the goal of meeting audience expectations and executing on internal metrics targets. This role is best served by a growing leader ready to take on responsibility, coordinate resources and execute coverage plans. You will lead breaking news production, shape daily story planning, and curate content across platforms. This position requires decisive editorial judgment, strong writing skills, and the ability to thrive under tight deadlines. You will collaborate with MSJs, producers and photojournalists to deliver accurate, relevant and engaging stories that serve the community.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of journalism experience in a local newsroom, digital production or related role
- Prior experience leading newsroom teams and/or demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with peers
- Strong news judgment and the ability to make fast, sound editorial decisions under pressure
- Excellent writing and editing skills, with the ability to produce accurate and compelling content quickly
- Experience with newsroom systems and content management tools
- Organizational skills to manage competing priorities in a deadline-driven environment
- A collaborative, solutions-focused mindset that thrives in a team environment
- Willingness to work early, late or weekend shifts as assigned
- Remote availability on assigned weekends during a regular on-call rotation
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of story desk editors during an assigned daypart, taking ownership of breaking news, streaming and social media coordination.
- Build newsroom coverage during breaking news, ensuring accuracy, urgency and balance
- Monitor developing stories and ensure timely updates across all platforms
- Support newscast and streaming coverage, including coordinating with producers and reporters
- Help shape 24/7 coverage by identifying follow-ups and advancing ongoing stories
- Create, edit and publish content for digital platforms, including the website, mobile app and streaming products
- Curate and optimize content across broadcast, digital, streaming and social platforms during peak audience periods
- Identify stories suited for Instagram, YouTube Shorts, TikTok and other vertical formats
- Write and edit compelling vertical video headlines, descriptions and captions
- Repurpose breaking and enterprise stories into vertical formats
- Launch and manage livestreams as needed, including routing sources, starting streams, writing descriptions and sending alerts
- Enhance storytelling with creative elements such as video, graphics, maps and audience-submitted content
- Use audience data and performance metrics to inform coverage decisions and improve reach and engagement
- Communicate clearly with newsroom leadership and the next shift to ensure smooth staffing transitions
- Uphold our journalistic standards and commitment to ethical, community-focused journalism across all platforms
Benefits
- Two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
- Access to dental and eye care coverage
- Fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance
- Disability and life insurance
- 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.
- Nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc for all employees and their eligible family members.
- 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health for all employees and their eligible family members.
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit
- Nine paid holidays per year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
