Multi-Platform News Director

• →Create and execute strategic plans to grow our audience.
• →Actively promote cultural change, drive innovation to support new ways of working with an eye on continuous improvement for a high quality, professional, consistent, and cohesive newsroom. This includes working collaboratively and communicating proactively, understanding the needs of and soliciting/monitoring feedback from managers/employees to develop a culture of two-way feedback.
• →Supervise Assistant News Director, Executive Producers, Producers, and anchor talent.
• →Provide strategic direction for day-to-day news coverage, breaking news, special projects, investigative reporting, special event coverage across all distribution channels, including creating content for OTT channels.
• →Collaborate with team to operationalize research.
• →Grow and develop a diverse staff, including identifying, recruiting, and retaining top talent.
• →Interview, hire, coach and develop employees; plan, assign, and direct work, appraise performance, reward and coach as needed.
• →Address complaints and resolve problems promptly.
• →Interpret and execute research from multiple research sources to provide the best news product for the Sacramento market.
• →Prepare and execute department operating and personnel budgets.
• →Review news programs for the critique of production, news content and overall performance. 
• →As an active, engaged member of the community, seek out individuals and groups to determine their news needs and interests.

• Bachelor degree in Mass Communications, Journalism or Broadcast preferred
• Prefer to have at least 7 years’ experience in newsroom management
• Experience around breaking weather & news, major news, investigative and enterprise journalism.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously and adjust to shifting priorities.
• Solid business acumen, with understanding of all content platforms.

Salary starts at $175,000 for well qualified candidates.

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