NEWSCAST PRODUCER - WBAY

Gray Local Media, Inc; Green Bay (WI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

WBAY-TV is seeking a content-driven newscast producer to join our award-winning news team in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This role requires strong storytelling, fast decision-making, and the ability to juggle planning, producing, social media, and the web.

You will select stories, craft scripts, coordinate with anchors and photographers, and edit elements for engaging nightly newscasts while maintaining accuracy and speed in a fast-paced newsroom.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year at a television station with a strong news department or digital, multi‑platform news operation.
• Excellent conversational writing and communication skills.
• Experience with 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 with story selection, treatment, and writing using video, interviews, and graphics.
• Thrives on unfolding information and real-time updates.
• Communicates clearly with production staff, anchors and field crews.
• Exhibits excellent writing and uses social media effectively in news gathering.
• Leads in- booth timing for breaking news or story prioritization.

Skills

Excellent writing

Newsroom experience

Multimedia production

Social media / Web

Video editing (Edius)

Communication

Tools

Edius Video editing

Job description

About Gray Media: Today, we are a growing multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. We are the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 117 full-power television markets that collectively reach approximately 37% of US television households. The portfolio includes 80 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first- and/or second-highest-rated television station in average all-day ratings across 116 such markets measured by Nielsen in 2025. We also own the largest Telemundo Affiliate group, with 46 markets, and Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies and the most advanced digital products and services. Our additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

About WBAY: Come work for an award-winning station in an award-winning city! Winner of the regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Best Newscast and Overall Excellence, WBAY is the market-leading station in the #1 Best Place to Live in the Country, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report: Green Bay, WI. As the first TV station in the area and only the second in the state, WBAY has a rich history of community involvement, sponsoring local events, supporting Toys for Tots, and producing the longest-running local telethon in the country. As an NFL town situated on the Great Lakes, Green Bay is a safe, affordable, midsize community with something for everyone. Tour Lambeau Field, go hiking or kayaking in picturesque Door County, check out a local brewery, or catch nationally touring concerts and stage shows.

Job Summary/Description

WBAY-TV is looking for a content-driven newscast producer to join our award-winning news team. This producer should have the ability to seek out and present relevant and immediate stories with a keen eye towards important news of the day. We need a self-starter who can juggle planning, producing, social media, and web.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to)

• 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

Qualifications/Requirements

• 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

WBAY-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Additional Info

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment at every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.