Assignment Desk Editor - PT
Denver
Saturday, 09 May 2026
Help lead and communicate coverage during breaking news, with the focus on accuracy, urgency, and balance - Monitor law enforcement, fire, and official social media communications, and make “beat-checks” to determine story coverage - Understand and support our brand of Covering Colorado First, which requires identifying stories that impact the community - Create and edit engaging and creative content for digital platforms - Guide newsroom logistics and provide editorial support for MS - Js, producers, and photojournalists - Identify and generate stories that will create a buzz - Available to work nights, weekends, and early mornings Requirements: - Prior experience in a newsroom, - Excellent writing skills, with the ability to produce accurate and compelling content quickly - Knowledge of online content management systems CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. markets, the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News Streaming local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nation’s #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBS - News.com, CBS News Radio and podcasts, Paramount , all digital platforms, and the CBS News Streaming Network, the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service that is available free to everyone with access to the internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations’ top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News’ streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as CBS - News.com and Paramount . The service is available live in 91 countries. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today’s digital age. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast news division. Organizations that wish to receive job vacancy notices from this posting’s television station should contact sfrecruitingsupport@paramount.com.