KGNU Radio News Director KGNU Community Radio Community Radio Front Range and Beyond

Job Title: News & Public Affairs Director

Department: News Department

Reports To: Station Manager

FLSA Status: Exempt
Hours: FULL TIME, may include early mornings, evenings, weekends or flexible hours
Positions Supervised: Associate News Producer, Climate & Environment Reporter, volunteer news and public affairs producers, news department interns
Location: Based in Boulder, CO
Travel: Limited Regional, Frequent Local

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The KGNU News & Public Affairs Director is a dynamic, energetic, creative, team-oriented and talented individual responsible for leading KGNU’s award winning News Department. The News Director is responsible for coordinating and guiding the editorial agenda, overall direction, and day-to-day operations of the KGNU News Department. The News Director must excel in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented, collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate is a superb journalist and experienced manager with excellent organizational skills and high journalistic standards who brings an inspiring, social and racial equity-centered editorial vision that will address local news and information gaps with the skills to implement a strategy to achieve it. Our newsroom prioritizes community relevance and engagement.

The News Director leads KGNU’s daily local news coverage across all platforms: radio, podcast, web, social media, and multimedia. The News Director will drive the daily reporting with a combination of energy and calm, creativity and consistency. The News Director will ensure that news coverage and public affairs programming reflect the highest standards of journalistic ethics, audio production, and public service to the KGNU audience and the communities we serve.

The News Director manages our small but mighty team of staff reporters and producers; while providing journalistic guidance, coordination, training and management of our volunteer reporters, producers, hosts and interns.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Supervising and managing all news department employees, volunteers and interns
• Coordinating with the Associate News Producer on selecting stories to be produced for on air programming and published .
• Working closely with the Report For America Climate & Environment reporter on selection of news stories and as an editor.
• Maintain efficiency in the workflow and distribution of journalism within the News Dept.
• Submission of news content to annual competitions (SPJ, PMJA, CBA, etc.)
• Tracking and Submission of all FCC required filings related to the News Department: quarterly issues, political files, donor reports (for sponsored or grant funded programs), etc.
• Submit monthly/quarterly/annual reports as requested by the Station Manager
• Work with Development staff on grants/grant reporting related to news department.
• Maintain inventory & sign-out of all news production equipment for staff, volunteers and interns.

• Maintain the utmost Editorial Integrity across the News Department
• Produce and host the Morning Magazine (daily weekday mornings).
• Produce and occasionally host other news and public affairs shows as needed.
• Coordinate and produce daily digital news content, including news features & interviews for KGNU’s digital platforms
• Coordinate and provide consistent up-to-the-minute emergency news coverage on air and for digital platforms when needed.
• Coordinate and determine priority programs for Podcast production and distribution
• Coordinate and schedule special news content during membership drives:
  • Edit Democracy Now! 7-8am Mon-Fri to…