Newscast Producer

Tribune Publishing • Des Moines, IA

21d • Onsite

About The Position

PURPOSE/REASON FOR THE POSITION : Produce newscasts and gather information for news stories for WHO-TV, WHO 13 News and www.who13.com. PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS ESSENTIAL TO THE JOB : Ability to produce evening and morning newscasts. Ability to write news stories. Ability to read information sources. Ability to handle live breaking news. Ability to handle deadline pressure. Ability to give directions to anchors, reporters, photographers, and directors. Typical shift would be 11 p.m. to 8 a.m. STATEMENT ABOUT OTHER DUTIES: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs, special projects, technological developments, etc.

Requirements

• Valid drivers license
• Computer literate
• Work under extreme pressure, deadlines, and adverse weather conditions.
• Desk work, walking and standing
• 2 years television newsroom experience

Nice To Haves

• 2 years of news producing experience preferred
• 4-year college degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Produce newscasts
• Gather information for news stories
• Write news stories
• Handle live breaking news
• Give directions to anchors, reporters, photographers, and directors

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees