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🥝 Assistant News Director

Nexstar Media Group | Peoria, United States | Posted June 22, 2026

Job Description

The Assistant News Director assists the News Director with all aspects of news, weather and sports programming production, and serves as the News Director in his/her absence.

Responsibilities:

+ Full time position

+ Assists the News Director with management of all aspects of the News Department.

+ Serves as the Executive Producer for daily newscasts and special projects.

+ Responsible for evaluating stories; organizing them into a cohesive sequence within a newscast or digital content for the web

+ Assists with planning, staffing, training, and performance evaluations for the News Department.

+ Fill in Producer when needed in the news department.

+ 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.

+ Manage newsroom, contribute to the editorial process and make solid decision...

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