Weekend Prime Segment Producer — Storytelling & Guests

Nexstar Media Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with company matching

Paid parental leave

Life insurance

Job summary

NewsNation is seeking a Segment Producer to join our Chicago-based team and work on the network’s flagship weekend primetime newscast. You will collaborate with show producers to craft guest segments, write scripts, gather visuals, and request graphics.

As a Segment Producer, you will pitch ideas, coordinate guests, and help lead narrative storytelling under tight deadlines for national broadcasts and investigations.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in national or major-market news.
• Bachelor's degree in journalism or related field.
• Strong news judgment and editorial sensibilities.
• Strong broadcast newswriting skills.
• Ability to create dynamic graphic and video elements.
• Self-directed, self-motivated and able to work well with a diverse group.

Responsibilities

• Pitch stories daily.
• Identify top-tier guests and segments that help NewsNation stand out.
• Write, organize, and produce scripts and elements for show and interview segments.
• Monitor the latest news and locate people, images, and sound editorial information via social and other platforms.
• Find reliable guests/witnesses quickly during breaking news situations.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Executive Producer and Senior Producer or network leadership.

Skills

Guest segments

Script writing

Story pitching

Broadcast newswriting

Graphic elements

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

NewsNation is seeking a Segment Producer to join our Chicago-based team and work on the network’s flagship weekend primetime newscast. You will collaborate with show producers to craft guest segments, write scripts, gather visuals, and request graphics.

As a Segment Producer, you will pitch ideas, coordinate guests, and help lead narrative storytelling under tight deadlines for national broadcasts and investigations.