Job Description

The Director of Newsgathering will lead and manage the daytoday activities of the assignment desk and field producers in Washington D.C. This strategic role is responsible for coordinating daily and breaking news coverage setting editorial priorities and ensuring efficient deployment of resources.

The ideal candidate will have extensive newsroom leadership experience a deep understanding of the Washington news landscape and strong editorial judgment. The candidate should be comfortable working directly with senior executives and managing talent and understanding the role that network pool coverage plays in our workflow is a plus.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage Assignment Desk Operations:
  • Oversee assignment editors and managers to ensure coverage aligns with editorial priorities and organizational goals.
  • Monitor breaking news developing stories and political events and assign resources accordingly.
  • Ensure effective communication between the assignment desk field teams and other editorial groups and platforms within the News Group.
  • Engage with Legal Standards and Rights & Clearances to ensure appropriate usage guidance is obtained and disseminate to all platforms.
  • Coordinate with technical and operations teams to achieve best practices and efficiencies in workflows and resource deployment.
• Lead Field Producers & Coverage Teams:
  • Manage a team of field producers coordinating their schedules and assignments.
  • Provide editorial direction to field producers to enhance storytelling and ensure highquality content.
  • Coordinate remote operations including live shots breaking news and special coverage.
• Collaborate on Coverage and Editorial Strategy:
  • Partner with newsroom shows and platform leadership to collaborate on editorial priorities and align coverage.
  • Partner with the Net Desk on coverage inside and outside DC when needs arise.
• Mentorship & Team Development:
  • Foster a collaborative inclusive and highperforming work culture.
  • Mentor and coach assignment editors field producers and early career staff.
  • Develop crosstraining initiatives to enhance experience across job functions.

Qualifications :

Basic Requirements:

• Experience:  10 years of newsroom experience including leadership roles managing assignment desks and/or coverage teams.
• Leadership Skills:  Proven ability to lead and inspire teams in highpressure environments.
• Editorial Judgment:  Exceptional news judgment particularly in Washington political and breaking news.
• Communication:  Outstanding interpersonal written and verbal communication skills.

Desired Characteristics:

• Familiarity with the Washington Pool system.
• Excellent story development logistics and followup skills.
• Working knowledge of the Washington DC metro area is preferred.
• Selfstarter with excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Must be able to work effectively and collaborate with others in a team environment.
• Proficiency with the INews computer system and ability to learn NBC Newsconnect.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask under pressure meet deadlines process information and make decisions quickly.

Additional Job Requirements:

• Required OnSite : This position is required to be performed fulltime from an NBCUniversaldesignated worksite.
• 24/7 availability: ability/willingness to work overtime nights holidays and weekends.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits including medical dental and vision insurance 401(k) paid leave tuition reimbursement and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $170000 $200000

Additional Information :

As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an inperson interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to .

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime

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