Company Profile

Company Description:

Atlanta's #1 station is looking for an Assignment Editor. WSB TV is looking for someone that lives for breaking news with a technically driven mind. This person must have strong editorial judgment.

You will be responsible for logistics working directly with reporters, photographers, producers, managers, and the Web department to cover the news of the day, as well as generate enterprise stories. Planning and looking ahead is a must. You must have working knowledge of SNG/DSNG trucks as helicopters. You are responsible for monitoring scanners, handling logistics for multiple field crews, as well as fielding calls. You will need to see the big picture, understand the significance of editorial content vs video content and be able to produce stories from the assignment desk. Schedule may include nights, weekends and holidays and overnights.
 

Qualifications
 Must have major market assignment desk experience, the ability to multi-task, strong organizational skills and solid news judgment. You should have a strong foundation of the web, and social media. Knowledge of the Atlanta and surrounding metro area is a plus.

 

Cox Media Group is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of CoxReps. Additionally, CMG owns Cox Target Media, which operates Valpak, one of North America's leading direct marketing companies, and Savings.com, a leading online source for savings.

The company's operations currently include 14 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 57 radio stations, eight daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services.

CMG currently operates in more than 30 media markets and reaches approximately 52 million Americans weekly, including more than 32 million TV viewers, more than 4 million print and online newspaper readers, and 14 million radio listeners.

 

Cox Media Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer; Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.