Assignment Desk Editor, NBC & Telemundo Miami at NBCUniversal3

About the Role

NBC6 and Telemundo 51, the NBCUniversal Local stations serving South Florida, are looking for a bilingual journalist to serve as an Assignment Editor in our duopoly’s multiplatform newsroom. You will be responsible for facilitating newsgathering and coordinating comprehensive coverage of news stories.

Key Responsibilities

• →Assign and manage story coverage plans, photographers, and resources to maximize duopoly and newsroom efficiency.
• →Maintain continuous communication with field crews, sharing changes and critical information.
• →Monitor police scanners, law enforcement, fire agencies, websites, and social media to identify breaking and developing news and confirm details with official sources.
• →Participate in editorial meetings and contribute story ideas using editorial judgment.
• →Develop, cultivate, and maintain contacts essential to news coverage throughout South Florida.
• →Check clerk of courts sites regularly for upcoming trials and hearings.
• →Check and reply to viewer emails and phone calls with story tips.
• →Make daily beat checks and delegate to others to do the same.
• →Maintain accurate, real-time documentation of daily stories in Slack, the newsroom computer system, and content grids, ensuring video is properly attached.
• →Help coordinate interviews and logistics for field crews, producers, and newscasts.
• →Collaborate with producers and crew to establish live shot locations, and other news content as needed.
• →Organize and communicate live signals and feeds.
• →Update and publish news content across platforms, including broadcast, web, streaming, and social media.
• →Alert management team as appropriate when action is needed on a story.
• →Request credentials for staff to cover important events.
• →Coordinate coverage with NBC News Group, Telemundo networks, owned stations, and affiliates.