Newscast Producer - Wbay

Gray Media • Green Bay, WI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

WBAY-TV is looking for a content-driven newscast producer to join our award-winning news team. This producer should have the ability to seek out and present relevant and immediate stories with a keen eye towards important news of the day. We need a self-starter who can juggle planning, producing, social media, and web.

Requirements

• Excellent writer, understands and consumes news from many different sources.
• Prefer at least 1 year of working at a television station with a strong news department or a digital, multi-platform news operation.
• Excellent conversational writing and communication skills.
• Experience in web and graphic design software, digital publishing applications, and multimedia production software.
• Experience with digital content management systems and Edius Video editing.
• Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods.

Responsibilities

• Produces assigned newscast.
• Responsible for story selection, treatment, writing stories using available video, interviews, graphics, and other resources to clearly convey what is happening in an engaging way that viewers understand.
• Thrives on information that is still unfolding and happening in the moment.
• Can clearly communicate with production staff, anchors, and field crews.
• Understands the role of social media in news gathering.
• Can take charge in the booth when timing newscasts to add breaking news, or drop stories for time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed