Job Details
Desk Assistant
Summary
The NBC News Washington Bureau offers paid full-time Desk Assistants (D.A.) positions year-round. Our desk assistant program is intended for individuals with a strong interest in television journalism – specifically network news and cable news.
Category
Assistant
Production Assistant
Researcher
Location
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Time Period
Full Time
Posted Date
Jan 26, 2023
Start Date
N/A
End Date
N/A
Job Description
The positions provide excellent opportunities to learn the basics of reporting and production by observing and working with some of the best, most experienced news professionals at a major news organization.
Our desk assistants’ positions are entry-level positions with benefits. The positions are staff with end date (18 months).
Duties/Responsibilities:
Desk assistants’ main duties and responsibilities are performing administrative, operational, and editorial tasks for the NBC News Washington Bureau and the NBC News and MSNBC cable news programs it serves.
- Answering Washington Bureau News desk phones.
- Coordinating and gathering incoming news video.
- Logging news events and flagging editorial for the bureau including the White House.
- Assisting correspondents and anchors with editorial and production tasks during program airings/tapings.
- Greeting guests for news programs, escorting them to studios, preparing them for live shots. Working with the assignment desk.
Desk assistants’ additional professional opportunities may include:
- Field-producing coverage of news events or elements for news reports.
- Digital journalist camera-shooting of news events.
- Producing news reports for various NBC News or MSNBC programs, NBC News affiliates, or NBC News/msnbc.com websites.
- Some desk assistants may obtain assignments as MSNBC production assistants.
Qualifications
Qualifications/Requirements :
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
- 24/7 availability: ability/willingness to work overtime, nights, holidays, and weekends, often with short notice.
Desired Characteristics :
- Strong journalistic writing skills, research skills, editorial judgment.
- Television newsroom experience.
- Digital journalism experience
- Strong interest in and demonstrated knowledge of current affairs.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent telephone communications skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft word and outlook e-mail.
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize assignments.
- Ability to work effectively in a high-intensity environment, often under tight deadline pressures.
Our desk assistants’ positions are entry-level positions with benefits. The positions are staff with end date (18 months).
Duties/Responsibilities:
Desk assistants’ main duties and responsibilities are performing administrative, operational, and editorial tasks for the NBC News Washington Bureau and the NBC News and MSNBC cable news programs it serves.
- Answering Washington Bureau News desk phones.
- Coordinating and gathering incoming news video.
- Logging news events and flagging editorial for the bureau including the White House.
- Assisting correspondents and anchors with editorial and production tasks during program airings/tapings.
- Greeting guests for news programs, escorting them to studios, preparing them for live shots. Working with the assignment desk.
Desk assistants’ additional professional opportunities may include:
- Field-producing coverage of news events or elements for news reports.
- Digital journalist camera-shooting of news events.
- Producing news reports for various NBC News or MSNBC programs, NBC News affiliates, or NBC News/msnbc.com websites.
- Some desk assistants may obtain assignments as MSNBC production assistants.
Qualifications
Qualifications/Requirements :
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
- 24/7 availability: ability/willingness to work overtime, nights, holidays, and weekends, often with short notice.
Desired Characteristics :
- Strong journalistic writing skills, research skills, editorial judgment.
- Television newsroom experience.
- Digital journalism experience
- Strong interest in and demonstrated knowledge of current affairs.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent telephone communications skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft word and outlook e-mail.
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize assignments.
- Ability to work effectively in a high-intensity environment, often under tight deadline pressures.
Job Type
Full Time
Weekly Limit
N/A
Shift
Day, Evening
Attached Files
N/A