Senior News Producer
About The Position
KING 5 News in Seattle is seeking a Senior Morning Show Producer to elevate its #1-ranked morning newscasts. The role calls for a driven, tenacious, and creative journalist who makes bold editorial decisions, embraces risk, and is committed to breaking news. The successful candidate will produce urgent, engaging, and energetic newscasts and demonstrate excellent writing skills. The producer works closely with the Executive Producer, anchors, and news leaders to build high-quality shows; produces regularly scheduled live and streaming content; and serves as a newsroom leader. The position requires sound news judgment, ethical journalism, effective newscast timing, and calm control-room handling of live and breaking news. Shifts could include overnight hours, holidays, and weekends. TEGNA describes its benefits as supporting employees’ and families’ physical, mental, and financial health. Benefits described include medical plan options, dental and eye care coverage, fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance, disability and life insurance, a 401(k) with company match, virtual doctor appointments, therapy sessions, paid time off, and paid holidays. Some benefits may vary for employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience.
- Five years of news content experience.
- Strong news judgment and ability to use analytics to make bold editorial decisions.
- Organizational skills and ability to work under tight deadlines.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of ENPS, Edius, editing, and content management systems.
Responsibilities
- Craft compelling newscasts featuring breaking news, enterprise content, emotion, and showcasing.
- Work with the Executive Producer, anchors, and news leaders to build high-quality news shows.
- Produce regularly scheduled live and streaming content.
- Act as a leader in the newsroom.
- Demonstrate strong news judgment and apply ethical journalism principles.
- Aggressively cover breaking news and manage newscast timing.
- Write accurate, urgent, and engaging copy.
- Use creative production techniques, including graphics, pre-production, and unique camera shots.
- Calmly handle live and breaking news in the control room.
Benefits
- Two medical plan options for full- and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas.
- Dental and eye care coverage.
- Fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance.
- Disability and life insurance.
- 401(k) contributions with a company match of up to 100% on contributions for the first 4% of pay; company contributions are 100% vested from day one.
- Nine free virtual doctor appointments annually for employees and eligible family members, regardless of enrollment in TEGNA medical plans.
- Twelve free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician for employees and eligible family members.
- Paid time off.
- Nine paid holidays per year.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
