News Producer

Job Description

WEWS, The E.W. Scripps Company ABC affiliate in Cleveland, OH, is searching for a News Producer to join our team. In this position you'll play a vital role in shaping the news content that informs and engages our community. You'll develop and organize newscasts, write stories, and collaborate with our dynamic team to determine content needs. You'll enhance the news with graphics, video, research, and station branding, while executing time-sensitive decisions and overseeing the show's broadcast. Nestled along the shores of Lake Erie, Cleveland offers a vibrant lifestyle and rich cultural experiences that make it an exciting place to call home. If you're ready to make your mark in this exciting role, we want to hear from you!

WHAT YOU'LL DO:
• Develop and organize newscasts or local programs.
• Write story development and showcasing.
• Collaborate with reporters, anchors, news managers and assignment editors to determine content needs.
• Enhance content with graphics, video, research, and station branding.
• Execute time sensitive decisions.
• Oversee live broadcast and up to the minute editorial decisions.
• Perform desktop editing.
• Post content to station's websites.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
• BS/BA in related discipline preferred or equivalent years of experience
• Generally, 2+ years of experience in related field preferred

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:
• Avid local news consumer: knows daily news, events, trends and happenings on a local level
• Strong vision and ability to advance stories
• Excellent interpersonal communicator
• Extraordinarily passionate about writing; courageous and creative storyteller with attention to even tiny details - choosing the perfect words, grammar, spelling
• Highly organized
• Highly adaptable - fast paced, deadline driven environment
• Strong self-motivation
• Working knowledge of journalistic ethics and libel laws and strong editorial judgement
• Able to use web analytics
• Proficient with newsroom computer systems, MS Office a plus
• Flexible work hours may be required, including holidays, weekends and evenings

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-g3eb6x-44-200-94-150-42 in your application.