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Assignments Editor (Spanish)

As an Assignments Editor (Spanish), you will be responsible for duties to include, but are not limited to:

• Reviews a wide variety of news sources and stays constantly abreast of news events, developments and trends to have a thorough understanding of what coverage Office of Cuba Broadcasting needs to produce.
• Works closely with news editors to discuss main and regional news line-ups and how stories on them may need additional beyond simple text coverage. Reviews, edits, and approves final text and audiovisual news reports.
• Makes general assignments, based on news events/developments, content of interest to audience and taking into account deadlines.
• Assigns coverage to correspondents, staff reporters and freelancers, determines day-to-day coverage assignments, based on news, issues, trends, developments and programming needs and mindful of program deadlines.