Producer

WTAE Hearst Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) matching

Emotional Wellness Support

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

LGBTQ+ Health Services

Additional benefits to meet your and你的

Job summary

WTAE-TV, the ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh, PA, seeks a News Producer with a strong creative vision to craft meaningful newscasts. You will decide story plans, write content, and coordinate with reporters, anchors, meteorologists, photographers, editors and production staff to deliver compelling broadcasts.

Ideal candidates bring newsroom producing experience, strong writing skills, and the ability to manage multiple crews while maintaining journalistic integrity.

Qualifications

• Professional or college producing experience.
• Experience or working knowledge of a broadcast TV newsroom.
• Have writing and copy-editing skills.
• Coordinate several crews and responsibilities simultaneously.
• Experience summarizing information into easy-to-understand components.
• Creative presentation style, and ability to showcase all resources and elements.
• Have and exhibit the highest journalistic integrity and ethical standards.
• Must be available to work holidays, shifts including nights, weekends and overnights, and flexible with schedule to be available during breaking news.
• Related military experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Select, research, and write content for live newscasts
• Work with and guide reporters/anchors in story production
• Coordinate creative vision with team of anchors, reporters, meteorologists, photographers, editors, and production staff
• Boothing assigned newscasts, breaking news and weather events
• Live timing newscasts

Skills

Professional producing experience

Broadcast newsroom experience

Writing and copy-editing skills

Multitasking across crews

Story summarization ability

Creative presentation style

Journalistic integrity

Availability for holidays/nights/weekn

Job description

WTAE-TV, the ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh, PA has an opening for a News Producer who knows how to create meaningful and memorable newscasts. You have creative vision and have experience making decisions and communicating the plan. You know how to win the big story, own breaking news and display important weather information. You must be fast and able to play well in a room of same-minded pros. Accuracy is job one!

Responsibilities

• Select, research, and write content for live newscasts
• Work with and guide reporters/anchors in story production
• Coordinate creative vision with team of anchors, reporters, meteorologists, photographers, editors, and production staff
• Boothing assigned newscasts, breaking news and weather events
• Live timing newscasts

Requirements

• Professional or college producing experience
• Experience or working knowledge of a broadcast TV newsroom
• Have writing and copy-editing skills
• Coordinate several crews and responsibilities simultaneously
• Experience summarizing information into easy-to-understand components
• Creative presentation style, and ability to showcase all resources and elements
• Have and exhibit the highest journalistic integrity and ethical standards
• Must be available to work holidays, shifts including nights, weekends and overnights, and flexible with schedule to be available during breaking news
• Related military experience will be considered

Values in Action

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communication, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate, and connected to the communities we serve.

Benefits

Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.

• Medical | Dental | Vision
• 401(k) matching
• Emotional Wellness Support
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• LGBTQ+ Health Services
• Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs