Newscast Producer

About the Job

Produce regularly ? scheduled newscasts; work closely with newsroom, production and creative services departments to create compelling editorial and visual content; oversee story development and placement within newscast; coordinate on-air execution of news product; writing headlines, teases and other portions of newscast; must post stories and video on the web; produce, as needed, special broadcasts and projects. Other duties assigned by managers.
College Degree required; journalism emphasis preferred.

Strong writing, news judgment and organizational skills are essential, ability to work closely with others under deadline pressure, ability to think out of the box -- able to create a show filled with great video, emotion and movement, using talent in studio and newsroom, find ways to incorporate the web in newscast, knowledge of general broadcast newsroom operations; videotape editing skills helpful, ability to handle multiple live shots, must be able to implement findings of station research and directives of newsroom managers.

Prefer two years or more producing experience as a newscast producer at a commercial broadcasting station, or experience as an executive producer in a smaller market.