Job Description
Do you take satisfaction in organizing a team of individuals to create a product? Would you like to get some proper news producing experience? If so send a job application for Assignment Editor to Spectrum News NECN.
Spectrum News NECN covers MA NH ME VT RI and CT. We use innovative journalistic approaches backed by comprehensive research to engage and inform viewers on the most essential news issues and events taking place in their communities.
Beyond TV news distribution our newsrooms publish via the and connected television. We're committed to providing viewers with 24-hour news-no matter how when and where they want it. Check out all the ways we share news on the Spectrum News Mobile App.
In this role you'll make sure that major stories are covered during the given shift by coordinating news teams resources and logistics. You will establish priorities and assign news units to cover them. You will be organizing the news gathering team's duties and collaborate on article ideas. You'll be part of a collaborative team that creates compelling timely and accurate content to connect with viewers across traditional and digital platforms.
WHAT OUR ASSIGNMENT EDITORS ENJOY MOST
- Responding to breaking news quickly and effectively; organizing numerous live field workers and the chopper.
- Identifying the news events that should be covered and working with editors to decide which reporter should cover each event.
As a part of Spectrum News NECN you're creative highly technical and ready to bring the character-driven stories of those in your community to life in our newsroom. You value accuracy and want to leverage your curiosity and storytelling abilities to share inspiring news across multiple platforms. Each day is a fast-paced and constantly evolving work environment with new stories to tell and perspectives to uncover. If you're a nimble passionate team player you'll find a home on our team.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO SPECTRUM NEWS NECN
Required Qualifications
- Experience: Assignment desk experience in a television newsroom - 4+ years
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Communication or comparable television work experience preferred
- Technical Skills: Ability to develop sources
- Skills: Effective interpersonal verbal and written communication skills; ability to clearly communicate solutions; ability to relate well with populations
- Abilities: Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities and work under time pressure deadline
- Travel Ability: Must be open to travel to discover the important stories in your neighborhood and willing to interact with the community
- Schedule: Ability to work different shifts or longer shifts due to "breaking news" and severe weather emergencies. Willing and able to work weekends and holidays
- Working Conditions: Works inside a climate-controlled environment throughout the year. Works in an open newsroom setting with a semi-noisy environment
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Here our employees don't just have jobs they're building careers. That's why we offer a comprehensive package that rewards employees for their contributions to our success supporting all aspects of their well-being at every stage of life.
A qualified applicant's criminal history if any will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable laws including local ordinances.
The base pay for this position generally is between
$24.30 and $44.50. The actual compensation offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors including your skills qualifications experience and location. We comply with local wage minimums and also certain positions are eligible for additional forms of other incentive-based compensation such as bonuses.
Get to Know Us Charter Communications provides superior communication and entertainment products for residential and business customers through the Spectrum brand. Our offerings include Spectrum Internet® TV Mobile and Voice. Beyond our connectivity solutions we also provide local news programming and regional sports via Spectrum Networks and multiscreen advertising solutions via Spectrum Reach. When you join our team you'll be keeping our customers connected to what matters most in 41 states across the U.S.
Grow Your Career Here We're committed to growing a workforce that reflects the customers and communities we serve - providing opportunities for employment and advancement to all team members. Spectrum is an Equal Opportunity Employer including job seekers with disabilities and veterans.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of assignment desk experience in a television newsroom
- Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Communication or equivalent experience
- Ability to develop sources
- Effective interpersonal verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities and work under time pressure
- Willing to travel to cover important community stories
- Ability to work different shifts weekends and holidays as needed
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Spectrum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
- Retirement Support—401(k) match is dollar-for-dollar up to 6% of pay plus an additional 3% company contribution for most employees creating up to 9% in annual employer retirement funding. This structure provides meaningful predictable long-term savings support.
- Affordable Benefits—Medical dental and vision options are positioned as affordable with the company absorbing annual cost increases for the past 12 years to keep employee premiums lower. 24/7 EAP counseling expands access to no-cost mental health support.
- Parental & Family Support—Six weeks paid parental leave (14 weeks for birth mothers) fertility benefits and up to $15000 for adoption and surrogacy indicate strong family-building support. These benefits complement standard PTO and paid holidays that increase with tenure.
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What We Do
Our Product and Technology team creates develops and operates the nation’s fastest mobile service most reliable internet service most viewed live TV app and the most advanced WiFi serving nearly 100 million users and 500 million devices. We are transforming the next era of connectivity and entertainment experiences together. The experience within Spectrum’s Product and Technology team is unmatched and there are opportunities to grow your career as a designer architect engineer developer operator or data scientist. We are creative disciplined hard-working complex-problem solvers that believe in collaborating to deliver the highest quality customer experience.
Why Work With Us
At Spectrum we continually refine technology process and structure. We are committed to delivering a superior network infrastructure the most competitive products and highly rated customer experiences. Our talented team of experts deploys technology solutions and builds systems and tools for our employees to provide exceptional operations.
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