Deputy Team Lead - Bankruptcy

Responsible for several key aspects of running the team -- managing schedules and setting deadlines, using your news judgement to make reporting assignments and evaluating stories, and editing the work itself or ensuring that a copy editor is editing. Helps drive the coverage from your group and assists the team leader in evaluating the team. Plays a key role driving reporters to break the biggest stories on their beats and produce high-quality enterprise and analysis stories.
Primary Responsibilities:
Manages assignments and stories from pitch to publication. Exercises independent judgment and drives coverage throughout the day, choosing the appropriate events to cover, directing reporting resources, setting deadlines and word limits, and helping to spearhead enterprise and analysis piece choices.
Reviews, evaluates and edits stories. Coordinates with the central news team to get graphics or videos where appropriate. Selects photos and tags stories as needed.