Dynamic Newscast Producer - Multiplatform & Breaking News

Gray Media; Green Bay (WI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

WBAY-TV is looking for a content-driven newscast producer to join our award-winning news team. This producer should seek out and present relevant, timely stories with a keen eye for important daytime news, and will juggle planning, producing, social media, and web duties.

We value self-starters who can adapt to unfolding events, write clearly for broadcast, and collaborate with anchors, production staff and field crews to deliver engaging coverage.

Qualifications

• Prefer at least 1 year working at a television station with a strong news department or a digital, multi-platform news operation.
• Excellent conversational writing and communication skills
• Experience in web and graphic design software, digital publishing applications, and multimedia production software
• Experience with digital content management systems and Edius Video editing
• Knowledge of media production, communication and dissemination techniques and methods

Responsibilities

• Produces assigned newscast. Responsible for story selection, treatment, writing stories using available video, interviews, graphics, and other resources to clearly convey what is happening in an engaging way that viewers understand
• Thrives on information that is still unfolding and happening in the moment.
• Can clearly communicate with production staff, anchors and field crews
• Excellent writer, understands and consumes news from many different sources. Understands the role of social media in news gathering.
• Can take charge in the booth when timing newscasts to add breaking news, or drop stories for time

Skills

Excellent writing

Communication skills

Social media management

Multimedia production

News storytelling

Tools

Edius Video editing

Web design software

Graphic design software

Digital publishing tools

Job description

WBAY-TV is looking for a content-driven newscast producer to join our award-winning news team. This producer should seek out and present relevant, timely stories with a keen eye for important daytime news, and will juggle planning, producing, social media, and web duties.

We value self-starters who can adapt to unfolding events, write clearly for broadcast, and collaborate with anchors, production staff and field crews to deliver engaging coverage.