WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
WFHB is seeking an Assistant News Director to assist with our award-winning, independent news department. This 29-hour-a-week position covers local government meetings, news features and a variety of station-operation tasks. You will help produce a daily newscast and assist in managing our volunteer team of citizen journalists.
Qualifications:
- Two years of experience writing, reporting, and producing news programming, particularly for deadline-oriented broadcast operations.
- Up-to-date knowledge of accepted industry standards of ethics, fairness and accuracy.
- Experience training and supervising employees and volunteers and administering organizational systems.
- Ability to inspire others and solve problems creatively.
- Journalism degree preferred
- Knowledge of and experience in WFHB’s broadcast area preferred
Supervisory Relationships:
- Reports to the News Director.
- Works with WFHB volunteer staff, and staff at other agencies.
- Exercises direct supervision over all volunteer staff working within the News Department and indirect supervision of all volunteer staff working in all other departments.
General Duties and Responsibilities: The Assistant News Director serves as second-in-command to the News Director in operating the News Department in a manner consistent with the mission and policies of WFHB. The Assistant News Director carries out functions and assignments determined by the News Director.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assists the News Director in any way required with the operations of the WFHB News and Public Affairs Department and the programs it produces.
- Temporarily assumes responsibility for all News Department operations if the News Director should be absent or incapacitated.
- Helps coordinate programming produced in cooperation with our partner agencies.
- Works with staff from all partners to create content for multiple organizations.
Interested parties should email [email protected] by July 30.
Bloomington Community Radio, Inc. shall not discriminate because of color, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender expression, disability, national origin, ancestry, religion, economic status, union membership, political affiliation, or any other legally protected classification. This covers all areas of employment, recruitment, advertising, hiring, promotion, demotion, lateral reassignment, transfer, layoff, discharge, rates of pay or other compensation, training, or any other benefits. Employment will be solely on the basis of merit and qualification.
Bloomington Community Radio, Inc. shall comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and shall not knowingly discriminate against individuals with disabilities. Bloomington Community Radio, Inc. will consider modifying schedules and making other adjustments to reasonably accommodate employees with disabilities.
