- Salary
- $26 – $31
- Location
- Any TEGNA Station Location
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Department
- Digital Content - Corporate
- Education
- Certification
- Source
- Greenhouse
Description
About TEGNA
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.
- React quickly to breaking news and trends
- Maintain a daily budget of top national and trending stories
- Craft compelling headlines that drive audience engagement
- Write and publish engaging short- and long-form digital news stories
- Use social listening and SEO trends to identify unique story opportunities
- Support local stations during breaking news coverage
- Create and edit made-for-platform videos
- Use audience data and social analytics to inform content decisions
- Manage station requests and editorial priorities
- Strategize and execute multi-platform content plans for major events and projects
- Curate and manage third-party content
- Use AI tools to streamline newsroom workflows
- Help stations identify and share the best content across TEGNA
- Collaborate closely with digital producers across the country
- Respond quickly and professionally to requests from stations
- Minimum of two years of professional experience writing and publishing digital news content for a local or national news organization required
- Demonstrated experience covering breaking news in a digital newsroom
- Strong writing, editing and communication skills
- Solid news judgment and social media judgment
- Familiarity with digital and social analytics tools
- Knowledge of SEO best practices and audience trends
- Experience using a content management system (CMS) to publish news content (WordPress, Arc, BLOX, or similar)
- Familiarity with AI tools and newsroom automation platforms
- Basic image and video editing skills for multiple platforms strongly preferred
- Experience with live streaming software (vMix or similar) is a plus
- Ability to work outside normal business hours, including weekends and holidays as needed
- Leadership that aligns with our core values: demanding the truth, working smarter, doing the right thing and winning
Benefits:
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 [email protected]
Recruiting Fraud Alert:
To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background. Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of tegna.com or one of our affiliate station domains.
Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.