ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR - WITN

**About Gray Media:** Today, we are a growing multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. We are the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 117 full-power television markets that collectively reach approximately 37% of US television households. The portfolio includes 80 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second highest-rated television station in average all-day ratings across 116 of such markets that were measured by Nielsen in 2025. We also own the largest Telemundo Affiliate group, with 46 markets, and Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies and the most advanced digital products and services. Our additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, as well as studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios. **About WITN:** WITN News has been Your Breaking News and Weather Authority for Eastern North Carolina for 70 years. We produce 43.5 hours of news per week and deliver content on a 24/7 basis on our digital platforms. We're in the rapidly growing Greenville/New Bern/Washington DMA (100), with bureaus in New Bern and Jacksonville. We serve Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Onslow, Pamlico, Pitt, Tyrell, and Washington counties. WITN is the dominant station in the market. **Job Summary/Description:** WITN, Eastern Carolina's #1 news station, is seeking an experienced journalist to be a coach and leader as our next assistant news director. We are looking for someone who is determined to help our station win on every platform every single day. Our next assistant news director will be organized, detail-oriented, and driven. The assistant news director manages the day-to-day assignments of reporters, posts stories to WITN.com and our social platforms, advises the newsroom of any breaking news developments, provides feedback to our journalists, and works with the news director on assigned projects. Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Help guide the newsroom’s daily editorial coverage across broadcast, streaming, digital, and social platforms. • Support, coach, and develop producers, EPs, anchors, reporters, photographers, and other newsroom team members. • Work closely with producers and EPs to strengthen rundowns, improve writing, elevate showcasing, and create newscasts that are urgent, clear, and compelling. • Review scripts, rundowns, and digital content with a focus on accuracy, fairness, clarity, tone, and viewer impact. • Lead or help lead editorial meetings that encourage strong ideas, thoughtful discussion, and a clear plan for the day. • Help direct breaking news, severe weather, and major event coverage across all platforms. • Champion the station’s First Alert brand by making sure weather and safety coverage is timely, useful, and trusted by viewers. • Partner with the digital content manager to make sure important news reaches audiences quickly and effectively wherever they are. • Encourage platform-specific storytelling so content is created thoughtfully for TV, streaming, web, mobile, and social audiences. • Work with the assignment manager to develop story ideas, plan future coverage, and anticipate newsroom needs. • Help prepare the team for elections, severe weather, community events, special coverage, and enterprise reporting opportunities. • Maintain strong newsroom standards while creating an environment where people feel supported, challenged, and encouraged to grow. • Communicate clearly and calmly during busy, high-pressure moments. • Collaborate with news leadership and other departments on newscast style, coverage plans, audience growth, and station priorities. • Help build a newsroom culture that values teamwork, urgency, accountability, creativity, and kindnes…