Anchor Producer, Newsroom With Jim Acosta

Job Description

Your New Role...

CNN's Weekend Show with Jim Acosta is looking for an Anchor Producer to join the editorial show staff.

Your Role Accountabilities...
- Editorial backbone for anchor-flagging news and elements to keep the anchor abreast of latest storylines.
- Pitching, researching, planning show segments and digital & social media projects as needed.
- Identifying new reporting, video and graphic elements and helping to research and produce segments.
- Crafting compelling questions and producing elements that spark debate, and marrying them together in a smart segment structure.
- Collaborating with newsgathering and research teams.
- Expected to pitch unique guests/angles for biggest stories of day

Qualifications & Experience...
- Political news background required; show and digital experience is a plus.
- Two years of broadcast producing/writing, reporting or newsgathering experience preferred.
- Desktop and digital editing skills.
- Four-year college degree preferred or equivalent in proven industry experience.
- Ability to produce quality work quickly and in an organized manner.
- Excellent writing and researching skills ---- style, language, accuracy and balance.
- Ability to think quickly during breaking news, ability to adapt to program and anchor style.
- Attitude --- must be eager, cooperative, energetic, team-oriented.
- Strong production vision --- ability to envision a segment or package and turn it into reality.
- Self-starter --- ability to enterprise ideas and work well independently, with little supervision.

How We Get Things Done…

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The Legal Bits…

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rvv400-18-217-144-32-42 in your application.