Assignment Desk Editor Mock Interview

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What is your favorite part of being an assignment desk editor?

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Christina Erne

Christina Erne is a meteorologist and a journalist at News 10, Albany's ABC/FOX affiliate.

The candidate should discuss why they love being an assignment desk editor and what features of the job they enjoy doing the most. Through answering this question, the candidate should reveal not only individual features of the job that they enjoy, but also what intangible things they gain by doing it.

Christina Erne

Christina Erne is a meteorologist and a journalist at News 10, Albany's ABC/FOX affiliate.

"My favorite part of being an assignment desk editor other than working in the newsroom is that my job changes every day. There are constantly new stories flooding in and I mediate them all."

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