At a glance
- Experience
- 3-5 years experience
- Location
- WBIR-TV Knoxville
About the role
- WBIR-TV Knoxville, the TEGNA-owned affiliate in Knoxville, is looking for a Story Desk Manager to lead the newsroom’s Story Management Desk and oversee daily news coverage across streaming, digital, social and linear platforms.
- The successful candidate will guide a team of content creators in story development and presentation across all platforms, managing coverage throughout the day and bringing experience with assignment desk and digital operations best practices.
Responsibilities
- Oversee daily coverage decisions and reporter assignments, with the goal of owning the biggest and most important stories of the day across platforms.
- Determine the best format and platform for each story and establish clear expectations and timelines for coverage, publishing and updates.
- Ensure breaking and developing stories are published quickly and updated continuously across digital platforms as new information becomes available.
- Identify opportunities for live and continuous streaming coverage, particularly during breaking news, developing stories and major events.
- Ensure stories are presented effectively for each platform, including strong headlines, video, images, live content and other elements that improve the audience experience.
- Look ahead and plan coverage for upcoming events and news cycles.
- Lead regular story check-ins throughout the day and adjust coverage as stories develop.
- Use audience insights, analytics and social listening to inform coverage decisions, identify opportunities and improve audience reach.
- Ensure competitive, engaging and impactful content across streaming, website, mobile app, social media and linear television.
- Provide editorial guidance to ensure content is accurate, fair and meets journalistic standards across platforms.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism or communications, or at least 3-5 years of journalism experience in a local newsroom, digital production or related role.
- Superior news judgment and the ability to make fast, sound editorial decisions under pressure.
- Proven success handling breaking news and developing coverage across platforms.
- Experience managing or leading journalists in a fast-paced newsroom.
- Demonstrated knowledge of digital and newsroom operations.
- Strong understanding of digital publishing, streaming and linear news production and how audiences consume news across platforms.
- Experience using audience data and insights to inform coverage decisions.
- Experience helping transform and manage newsgathering systems and workflows.
- Strong organizational skills with a keen eye for detail.
- Demonstrated success as both a team leader and team player.
Preferred qualifications
- Familiarity with the local market is a plus.
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 allowing pre-tax contributions from 1% - 80% with a 100% company match up to the first 4% of pay that is 100% vested from day one
- Nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc for all employees and eligible family members
- 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health for all employees and eligible family members
- Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit
- Nine paid holidays per year
