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KGNU News & Public Affairs Director

KGNU News & Public Affairs Director

MediabistroBoulder, CO, United States
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Date Submitted : July 7, 2025

Job Title : KGNU News & Public Affairs Director

Station : KGNU

Location : Boulder, CO

Deadline to Apply : Open Until Filled

Salary Range : $57,500 – $63,500

Job Description :

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 / Host, Work-study Interns, volunteer news and public affairs producers, news department interns

Location : Based in Boulder, CO

Travel : Limited Regional, Frequent Local

Position Summary

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, empathetic manager with excellent organizational and communication skills, as well as high journalistic standards. They bring an inspiring, social, and racial equity-centered editorial vision that addresses local news and information gaps, along 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.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Include (but may not be limited to) :

  • Lead and manage the overall direction of the KGNU News Department its employees, volunteers, and interns
  • Coordinate, Produce, and Host Morning News Programming
  • Coordinate, Develop, and Produce News and Public Affairs Programming
  • Support and Train Volunteers / Interns in the News Department
  • Develop Strategic News Partnerships and Community Engagement

The Qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and / or abilities required.

Required Qualifications :

  • Minimum 3 years of related newsroom experience (reporting, editorial, production)
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in broadcast media production (producing, hosting, reporting, editing)
  • Extraordinary interviewing skills, with positive, inquisitive, and personable presence
  • Superb verbal and written communication skills
  • Superb editorial integrity and skills
  • Demonstrated Excellence in digital audio editing (Audition, Soundforge, Audacity, Hindenburg…)
  • High proficiency in office suites; excel, word, Google docs / drive,
  • Proficiency in project management suites (Asana, Airtable, Coda, Trello, etc)
  • Demonstrated experience developing strategies to meet local news and information needs
  • Proven history of implementing or managing online and Social Media news distribution strategies
  • Proficiency in tracking goals & results, generating accurate reports, and recommending direction
  • Exceptional organizational skills with attention to detail
  • Ability to efficiently carry out multiple activities and responsibilities in one job
  • Proven track record working effectively and enthusiastically in collaboration with and managing a wide variety of people of all ages and backgrounds, both in group settings and one-to-one
  • Available to work outside of regular hours during required special news coverage cycles, fundraising campaigns, and community events

    • Preferred Qualifications :

  • Bilingual Spanish and English Fluency is an extremely valued skill for this role
  • Demonstrated commitment to independent media
  • Prior experience working in and passion for community or public radio & broadcasting
  • Experience developing and editing multimedia, photos, graphics, or video with multimedia software (Photoshop, Premier) for digital publication
  • Experience publishing to podcast platforms and proven podcast distribution strategies
  • Prior experience publishing to WordPress and online platforms (CorePublisher, Grove, Joomla)
  • Experience using MailChimp or similar electronic newsletter interfaces
  • Demonstrated experience working with and coordinating volunteers.
  • Prior experience with conflict resolution
  • Prior experience developing training resources for media-makers
  • Knowledge and understanding of the Colorado media landscape and local issues

    • Related Experience : On-air public broadcasting, news collection, reporting, general management (community or public media)

    Hours, Compensation, and Benefits (Full Time)

  • Full Time – including early weekday mornings, some evenings, and weekends (requiring flexibility)
  • 57,500 – $63,500 Base Salary commensurate with experience
  • KGNU values its employees. This position comes with comprehensive health insurance with multiple plan options and optional add-ons, and a generous and flexible PTO policy, among other station benefits. This full-time position is based at KGNU’s Boulder, CO studios.

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    Address application materials to : Search Committee

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