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News Producer

Gray Television

Greenville, NC 04-20-2023
 
  • Paid
  • Full Time
  • Mid (2-5 years) Experience
Job Description
NEWS PRODUCER (PRIMARY) - WHNS

About WHNS:

Fox Carolina is located in Greenville, South Carolina, consistently named one of the best small cites in the US. Our DMA (#38) includes Asheville, NC and offers a competitive news environment. Fox Carolina is emerging as the news leader, producing 9.5 hours of news each weekday. Our team of award-winning professionals thrive in a fast-paced, yet fun, environment.

Greenville has an amazing downtown scene, revolving around the Reedy River, five star restaurants and breweries, and miles and miles of walking trails. For outdoor enthusiasts, the Upstate and Western North Carolina offers lakes, mountains and historical landmarks are all within a short drive.

Job Summary/Description:

Do you want to work for a station that values creativity, culture and connectiveness? WHNS Fox Carolina is that station. Each team member plays a vital role in our award winning content. We are known for award winning on air news and weather coverage, our many community service projects, and our digital platforms.

Fox Carolina's News Producer is responsible for creating, coordinating, and executing your assigned newscast. You will write scripts for broadcast, participate in daily editorial meetings, present story ideas and use studio storytelling to present and highlight our community focused stories. This position plays a key role in creating the show's vision based on goals set by news management.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
• ️ Content creation - coordinates story development with the reporting and management teams.
• ️ Show production - creates production elements, show/story flow.
• ️ Writing - writes mini-paks, intros, VOs and VO/SOTs.
• ️ Booth producing – coordinates live elements with the crew and news team.
• ️ News Gathering -may be assigned to make calls to outside sources to gather facts for on-air and on-line reporting.
• ️ Rundown review/production – review rundown and on air look with managers.
• ️ Ability to create a fast-paced, aggressive newscast.

Qualifications/Requirements:
• ️ Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism or Communications.
• ️ Minimum two years of producing or production support for a TV or cable station.
• ️ Experience with Edius, I-news, internet production tools, MS Office.
• ️ Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate effectively with others.
• ️ Self-starter with the ability to follow through on projects until completion.

If you are qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', upload resume, cover letter, and references

(Current employees that are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro employee portal)

WHNS-TV/Gray Television Group, Inc. is a drug-free company

Gray Television encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus prior to or by the first workday.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gxxveq-13-59-144-10-42 in your application.

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Gray Television

Gray Television supports local community interests by providing quality television broadcasting and exceptional service in each market we serve. Gray owns and/or operates television stations and leading digital properties in 93 television markets including the first or second highest rated television station in 85 markets. We are an unmatched broadcast pioneer that keeps getting bigger and better.