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Assignment Manager

Salinas, CA · On-site

$68K - $73K/yr

KSBW-TV, the NBC affiliate in Salinas / Monterey, CA has an opening for someone who wants to win ... As a newsroom leader your impact sets us apart. You will report to the News Director.

Hearst

Assignment Manager

Salinas, CA · On-site

$68K - $73K/yr

KSBW-TV, the NBC affiliate in Salinas / Monterey, CA has an opening for someone who wants to win ... As a newsroom leader your impact sets us apart. You will report to the News Director.

Hearst

Assignment Manager

Salinas, CA

$68K - $73K/yr

KSBW-TV, the NBC affiliate in Salinas / Monterey, CA has an opening for someone who wants to win ... As a newsroom leader your impact sets us apart. You will report to the News Director.

Hearst

WGAL News Intern - 2026 Fall

Lancaster, PA · On-site

WGAL-TV offers paid internships in the News department. In order to apply for an internship at WGAL ... Assignment Desk: * Assist team members in gathering news and information. This includes taking and ...

Hearst

WGAL News Intern - 2026 Fall

Lancaster, PA · On-site

WGAL-TV offers paid internships in the News department. In order to apply for an internship at WGAL ... Assignment Desk: * Assist team members in gathering news and information. This includes taking and ...

Hearst Television

Intern (Fall)

Sacramento, CA · On-site

$20/hr

... the television station. Newsroom interns will spend 10 to 12 weeks shadowing and gaining experience in the following departments: Assignment Desk * Assist team members in gathering news and ...

Hearst

WGAL News Intern - 2026 Fall

Lancaster, PA

WGAL-TV offers paid internships in the News department. In order to apply for an internship at WGAL ... Assignment Desk: * Assist team members in gathering news and information. This includes taking and ...

Hearst

WGAL News Intern - 2026 Fall

Lancaster, PA · On-site

WGAL-TV offers paid internships in the News department. In order to apply for an internship at WGAL ... Assignment Desk: * Assist team members in gathering news and information. This includes taking and ...

Hearst

WGAL News Intern - 2026 Fall

Lancaster, PA

WGAL-TV offers paid internships in the News department. In order to apply for an internship at WGAL ... Assignment Desk: * Assist team members in gathering news and information. This includes taking and ...

Hearst

WGAL News Intern - 2026 Fall

Lancaster, PA · On-site

WGAL-TV offers paid internships in the News department. In order to apply for an internship at WGAL ... Assignment Desk: * Assist team members in gathering news and information. This includes taking and ...

Hearst Television

Intern (Fall)

Sacramento, CA · On-site

$20/hr

... the television station. Newsroom interns will spend 10 to 12 weeks shadowing and gaining experience in the following departments: Assignment Desk * Assist team members in gathering news and ...

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Assignment Manager

Salinas, CA • On-site

Hearst
Motion Picture and Video Production • 10K+ employees
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$68K - $73K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 13 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Gather and organize news content from police scanners, news releases, emails, phone calls, and viewer tips to determine compelling stories for newscasts.

  • Oversee news coverage by assisting with content gathering, planning, and coordinating with reporters, producers, and digital editors.

  • Manage field crews, communicate with them, and post content to digital platforms, including social media and push alerts.

Hearst rating

6.6

Company rating: 6.6 out of 10

Based on 28 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

Job description

KSBW-TV, the NBC affiliate in Salinas / Monterey, CA has an opening for someone who wants to win each day in the role of Assignment Manager. You can capture the essence of what's happening in the community and help to bring it home to our viewers. You will have a take charge attitude for breaking news. You find distinctive enterprise stories and oversee news coverage. As a newsroom leader your impact sets us apart. You will report to the News Director.

Responsibilities

  • Listen to police scanners which cover more than a dozen agencies throughout our market-must have great "scanner ears"
  • Gather and organize news releases, emails, phone calls and viewer tips. Decide which of the above will yield compelling content for newscasts
  • Assist news management with content gathering and planning
  • Assist producers, digital editors and reporters with story gathering
  • Keep track of crews in the field and communicate with them
  • Furnish content and post it to all digital platforms-including sending push alerts, Twitter and Facebook post

Requirements

  • Experience listening to police scanners
  • Experience with digital platforms, especially social media. You will monitor multiple social media accounts to gather content and communicate with news makers
  • Either have a working knowledge of FTP or will learn how to FTP video to other stations
  • Familiar with local newsgathering technology and terminology
  • Will maintain professional working relationships with newsmakers
  • Can gather information from multiple sources simultaneously and quickly push it out to anchors, reporters, producers, and digital editors
  • Be able to remain calm and level-headed during breaking news situations
  • Will run morning assignment meeting 
  • Willing to work a variety of shifts including weekends and nights
  • Will need to occasionally fill-in as a producer
  • Related military experience will be considered
  • Bilingual a Plus
  • In-person attendance is required

Values in Action

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communication, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate, and connected to the communities we serve.

Benefits

Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.

  • Medical | Dental | Vision
  • 401(k) matching
  • Emotional Wellness Support
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • LGBTQ+ Health Services
  • Additional benefits to meet you and your family's needs

The estimated base salary range for this role is between $68,000 and $73,000. The actual base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as transferable skills, work experience, business needs, market demands and conditions, including geographic location where the work will be performed, and other factors permitted by law. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. 

Hearst Television (HTV) owns and/or operates 35 television and two radio stations serving 27 media markets across 39 states reaching nearly 25 million U.S. television households. HTV is recognized as one of the industry's premier broadcasting companies and has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism, industry innovation, and community service.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. we do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national, origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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