Assignment Editor - NBC News

NBC News is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Assignment Editor to work in the Southern Region.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate coverage of news stories (breaking and ongoing) with staff, including producers, correspondents, platform partners and others.
• Monitor story opportunities in the Southern region and communicate those opportunities with managers, teams and platforms.
• Collaborate effectively with the broadcast news shows, MSNBC, NBC News Now, Digital, NewsChannel and the affiliates.
• Coordinate the gathering and distribution of elements for all the platforms.
• Make calls on breaking and ongoing stories.
• Research stories by using tools like Accurint and Pacer.
• Pitch story ideas to all the NBC News platforms.
• Participate in daily conference calls about news coverage.
• Organize & maintain bureau files, including list of contacts.