News Producer (Primary) - Ktiv

Gray Media • Sioux City, IA

41d • Onsite

About The Position

KTIV News 4 is looking for a high-energy News Producer to lead our multi-platform coverage in Sioux City. If you’re ready to own the news cycle and connect with our community across every screen, we want to talk to you. This role involves crafting compelling newscasts, owning the digital space by pushing breaking news and exclusive content to digital platforms, leading the newsroom through collaboration, reacting with urgency during breaking news or severe weather, innovating storytelling with creative graphics and multi-platform tools, and maintaining journalistic integrity.

Requirements

• A digital-first mindset: You understand that news happens everywhere, and you’re comfortable creating content for social and streaming, not just TV.
• Killer writing skills: You can turn a dry press release into a "must-watch" story with punchy, conversational copy that sounds like a human, not a robot.
• Calm under pressure: You thrive in the "organized chaos" of a live control room and actually enjoy the rush of a ticking clock.
• Technical savvy: Experience with newsroom computer systems (like ENPS) and non-linear editing is a major plus, but your willingness to learn is even better.
• A degree in journalism: Or a related field, paired with a deep hunger to grow in a top-rated, award-winning newsroom.
• Collaborative spirit: You’re a team player who values feedback, lifts others up, and loves brainstorming the "big idea."
• Urgency and empathy: You care about the "why" behind the story and the people in the Siouxland community it impacts.

Responsibilities

• Craft compelling newscasts: Write, edit, and produce fast-paced, engaging content for broadcast and digital platforms every single day.
• Own the digital space: Push breaking news and exclusive content to our website, app, and social media channels first—because that’s where our audience is.
• Lead the newsroom: Collaborate with reporters, photographers, and anchors to execute a vision that keeps us as "Siouxland's News Source."
• React with urgency: Pivot quickly during breaking news or severe weather to provide authoritative, life-saving information to our viewers.
• Innovate storytelling: Use creative graphics and multi-platform tools to make complex stories relatable, visual, and shareable.
• Maintain accuracy: Ensure every script and digital post meets the highest standards of journalistic integrity.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.
• Compliance with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
• Prohibition of 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.

What This Job Offers

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