Also called: News Director
Runs a local TV station's newsroom: staff, coverage, and ratings.
A news director decides the lead story with producers, hires and coaches reporters and anchors, and reviews ratings with the station manager. When big news breaks, they decide whether to interrupt programming.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Journalism degree plus years in newsrooms.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Journalism.
Growing slowly. Local TV is consolidating.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI drafts scripts and graphics, but deciding coverage and leading a newsroom stays human.
Classes: Journalism, Broadcast journalism, Government, English.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9199.
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