Morning Show Producer

TEGNA Inc. • Minneapolis, MN

6d

About The Position

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
KARE-TV, the TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate, located in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN is looking for a producer to join our morning team.
We have a fun group of journalists who are passionate about morning news and actually like working “unique” hours.
Breaking news, weather and traffic are the core of what we do…both on the air and on our digital platforms. We also care deeply about our community, sharing people’s stories and connecting with them over the air and in person.

Requirements

• College degree in journalism, communications or similar
• 1-3 years full-time newscast producing experience
• Skills in producing engaging, content-driven newscasts and digital content
• Strong social media skills to deliver content and listen for ideas
• Knowledge of ENPS, Edius, and Axis graphics a plus
• Organizational skills and the ability to work under time pressure deadlines
• Ability to calmly handle live, breaking news situations and changing events
• Shifts will include overnight hours, and may include holidays and weekends.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of ENPS, Edius, and Axis graphics a plus

Responsibilities

• Work directly with Executive Producer & news leaders to consistently build a high-quality news show
• Quickly react to breaking news and manage the show's timing
• Booth continuous coverage on broadcast and live streams for breaking news, weather coverage, and community events
• Use our extensive toolkit along with your own creative production techniques to enhance stories
• Write in an exciting, accurate, and urgent way with creative time-stamps
• Enterprise news stories
• Research stories to ensure they are factual and ascertain sources’ credibility
• Use social media and digital tools to research, discover, and produce content
• Lead and inspire a team to work together for a great newscast
• Perform other tasks as required by supervisor or executive producer
• And most of all…have fun

Benefits

• TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
• Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
• Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
• TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
• Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level