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Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Onsite
TEGNA Inc. helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
WOI/KCWI, TEGNA’s ABC and CW affiliates serving the Des Moines–Ames DMA, has an opening for a Story Desk Manager. As the Story Desk Manager, you will lead the Story Management Desk (SMD), a unified desk that brings together the traditional functions of the assignment and digital desks.
The SMD model creates a single, streamlined workflow for discovering, planning, producing and curating stories across platforms. This position will play a central role in coordinating news coverage across the Des Moines–Ames market and communities throughout central Iowa.
Position Overview:
The Story Desk Manager works alongside the News Director and other newsroom leaders to oversee daily editorial decisions while helping set the newsroom's broader content and audience strategy.
You will guide our team of journalists in story discovery, development and presentation across all platforms with a strong digital- and streaming-first mindset. The Story Desk Manager oversees breaking news coverage across platforms and helps lead strategy for WeAreIowa.com, the Local 5 mobile app, We Are Iowa+ streaming platforms and social media.
This role is about more than managing the daily assignment file. The Story Desk Manager helps determine which stories we pursue, how we tell them, where they should be published or streamed, and how we can maximize their reach and impact.
We're looking for an exceptional, people-focused leader who can coach journalists, develop coverage plans and help grow audiences across platforms while maintaining a relentless focus on stories that matter to Iowans. Analyzing audience data, identifying trends and translating those insights into actionable guidance for the newsroom are also critical parts of the role.
The ability to identify and pursue stories that are urgent, impactful and distinctly local is essential. This leader should be able to respond quickly to breaking news, calmly manage rapidly changing situations, pivot coverage when necessary, solve problems creatively and guide a multi-platform newsroom through both the daily news cycle and major breaking stories.
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TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
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