News Producer (Primary) - Wfie

Gray Media • Evansville, IN

20h • Onsite

About The Position

14 News, WFIE, is looking for a morning producer to join our winning Sunrise Team! We dominate on-air, online, and streaming, so we want someone who wants to win, accurately and creatively. Our producers are focused, strong writers with excellent time management skills and attention to detail. You want to be comfortable working with others and explaining your vision.

Requirements

• Candidate must be a motivated team player with a great attitude.
• Successful candidate must be a strong writer, have a deep understanding of a story’s context, and have a strong news judgment.
• Successful candidate will thrive in bringing order to the chaos of breaking news reporting, producing the market’s best overall coverage on a consistent basis.
• You must be very comfortable with change, able to alter your newscast before and during broadcast, and do it accurately.
• Producers are communicators at heart and must be comfortable over-communicating plans and changes with managers, anchors, reporters, and the production team to ensure your vision is executed on the air.
• The producer will have a strong working relationship with the director.
• This is a job for an artist who understands the science of research, ratings, and daily logistical calculations.
• Will have an eye for creative and engaging graphics.
• What you bring to the job should be a higher sense of what makes for “Great TV.”
• Must have excellent writing skills and have the ability to visualize the newscast.
• Active, engaged movement and changes keep your audience focused.
• Ideal candidate will have insightful social media skills.
• Candidate must be calm in the heat of the moment and able to steer their team in the right direction.
• Candidate must be able to both sit for long periods of time and stand for long periods of time when required.
• College degree in journalism or related field required.

Responsibilities

• Be able to write clearly and accurately; great grammar
• Able to work well under sometimes intense pressure and tight deadlines
• Strong initiative and attention to detail
• Work with the news team to decide on what stories to produce and report.
• Work closely with news anchors to produce and execute clear information and/or news stories to the viewer.
• Assist other producers as well as fill in on all news broadcasts.
• Ability to quickly recognize and organize stories for the upcoming new broadcast.
• There will be other duties as assigned from time to time.

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
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees