Assignment Editors

[anchormanNEPA]

What would you consider some other entry level jobs at TV stations?

[The Fedora]

A desk assistant is an entry level position but it is essential to have a good and experienced assignment editor manning the desk. Otherwise the newsroom is often in disarray.

[s'news]

The Hatman speaks correctly.

Associate and/or assistant producers are often entry-level jobs.

[desk slave]

the sad part is, in larger markets the desk seems to have become an entry level position. I work with people with WAY less experience in market 5 than I ever did in smaller markets. Of course, in the really small markets, the AE is also the Assistant News Director/EP/Chief Photog