News Producer

Job Description

NEWS PRODUCER (PRIMARY) - WDTV

About WDTV:

WDTV (CBS), WVFX (FOX), EVFX (CW), AND EDTV (MeTV) combine to provide local news and weather to all of North Central West Virginia. CBS and FOX combine to carry a predominant number of games for the local favorite Pittsburgh Steelers and FOX's Big 12 affiliation brings us our treasured WVU football games. We are the largest TV source for local news and entertainment for our area. Celebrating decades of service and as a local news leader, WDTV features a recently upgraded news studio and a news team dedicated to local news. We pride ourselves on breaking news and weather alerts, and digging deep into the issues affecting our communities. We're dedicated to informing the public, utilizing television, social media and the area's only live-streaming newscast.

Job Summary/Description:

WDTV is looking for a full-time producer. The ideal candidate will be able to make the newscast unique and memorable. We want someone who can thrive in a fast-paced, highly competitive work environment. This person must be an excellent writer, possess strong leadership and organizational skills, and be able to perform well under pressure. The ideal candidate develops and enterprises stories daily and communicates well with co-workers and the community. The candidate will also be required to run the assignment desk and post stories to our station's website. The ideal candidate must also be a team player.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Must be able to manage the TV news broadcast, coordinate with the production team, and oversee the order of the news broadcast.
- Work with the news team to decide on what stories to produce and report.
- Work closely with news anchors to produce and execute clear information and news stories to the viewer.
- Contribute story ideas and content daily as well as special assignments and long-range planning.
- Assist other producers as well as fill in on all news broadcasts.
- Ability to quickly recognize and organize stories for the upcoming news broadcast.
- Review, edit, and approve stories for broadcasts submitted by reporters with speed and accuracy.

Qualifications/Requirements:
• ️ To be successful in this position you must have a high level of production knowledge and experience. Extreme attention to detail and solid news judgment are a must. A successful candidate knows the various news-gathering tools and libel laws. They must understand the importance of writing crisp teases to promote upcoming news broadcasts and stories, as well as create electronic graphics in a professional and timely manner.

If you feel you're 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 your resume, cover letter, and references

(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)

WDTV-TV/Gray Television, 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-r151em-13-59-196-41-42 in your application.