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Odessa, TX, United States
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The PM News Anchor serves as the primary presenter of news stories and other content for all platforms in a manner that is clear, engaging and meaningful to news consumers. Presents news stories and other content for all platforms. Ensures that all news content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality. Writes and
Job Source: Texas Association of BroadcastersOdessa, TX, United States
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Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc has an immediate News Director opening for our stations in Odessa, Texas (DMA #147). In this role, the News Director will have oversight of Nexstar’s operations at KMID (ABC) and oversee operational agreements with Mission Broadcasting providing services to KPEJ (Fox) through a JSA and SSA, as well as the station’s digital, mobile and social media assets.
The Odessa/Midland market is located in West Texas. The area is famous for its cowboy culture, its oil industry, and Friday Night Lights – a book and film based on one of the region’s high school football teams. Odessa is home to the Presidential Museum and Leadership Library- the only one of its kind in the US. Halliburton, Anthem Oil & Gas, and other large companies have a major presence in the market. This opportunity will allow you adventures in the area and put you in driving distance of more adventures throughout Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico.
• Manages all aspects of the News Department (other than Production) • Plans and manages staffing, training, and performance evaluations for the News Department. • Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees. • Develops news coverage strategy for the station and its website. • Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff. • Assigns projects to staff and verifies that deadlines are being met. • Ensures achievement of viewer rating goals. • Determines programming and evaluation of equipment needs to produce quality programming. • Responds to coverage questions. • Works with other senior station leaders to establish and reach station goals. • Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements & Skills:
• Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience. • Fluency in English. • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. • Minimum five years’ experience in news programming production, with at least two years’ experience in a leadership role. (More or less depending on market size.) • Experience guiding, directing and motivating subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. • Experience establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. • Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and to coach, mentor or otherwise help others to improve their knowledge or skills. • Experience preparing and maintaining departmental budgets. • Proficiency with computers, telephones, copiers, scanners, fax machines and other office equipment. • Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously. • Ability to effectively listen to fully understand employee needs and communicate with a team to shape a solution.
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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across television, streaming and digital platforms, including nearly 300,000 hours of original video content each year. Nexstar owns America’s largest local broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 212 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, America’s fastest-growing national news and entertainment cable network reaching 70 million television homes, popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including The Hill and BestReviews, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. In addition to delivering exceptional content and service to our communities, Nexstar provides premium multiplatform and video-on-demand advertising opportunities at scale for businesses and brands seeking to leverage the strong consumer engagement of our compelling content offering. For more information, please visit Nexstar.tv.
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