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Show Booker, News

Scripps

Atlanta, GA 03-21-2024
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  • Paid
  • Full Time
Job Description

The E.W. Scripps Company is seeking a Show Booker to join our Scripps News team in Atalanta, GA. This individual will be responsible for booking newsmakers, experts, and/or other guests on a wide variety of topics for a national network or brand.

What You'll Do:
• Book interviews on a wide variety of topics, including national and international news, politics and policy, science and technology, and pop culture.
• Facilitate logistics for interviews
• Conduct pre-interviews
• Write introductions for guests and suggested questions for anchors and reporters
• Build and maintain a guest database
• Pitch story ideas

What You'll Need:
• Bachelor's degree
• Previous experience working as a guest booker

What You'll Bring:
• Strong knowledge of and interest in current events
• Exceptional research skills, including the ability to track down people
• Ability to think creatively and come up with unique guest ideas
• Works well under deadline
• Enjoys being persistent

Work Environment
• Standard office environment
• Travel up to 10%

If you are a current Scripps employee, please do not apply on this site. Please access our internal career site at Worklife > My Info > View Open Positions at Scripps.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gk0zkk-3-145-186-6-42 in your application.

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The E.W. Scripps Company is a diversified media company focused on creating a better-informed world. As one of the nation’s largest local TV broadcasters, Scripps serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of 61 stations in 41 markets.