Newscast Producer

Job Description

Newscast Producer - WTVG

NEWSCAST PRODUCER (W/END P/T) - WTVG

About WTVG:

WTVG-13 is the ABC affiliate in Toledo, OH. We deliver 43 hours of live local news, weather and sports every week and deliver content on a 24/7 basis on our digital platforms. Since 1948, generations of families in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan have grown up counting on WTVG to be their most trusted source for local news, weather, and sports. With our seasoned team of anchors and reporters there is a culture within our walls that recognizes the responsibility we carry, to continue what was started over seventy-four years ago. We take pride in our ratings, our content, and our #1 news status. We have an outstanding reputation throughout the business community and strong connections with community leaders. As part of the Gray Television family, WTVG has best-in-class news training to support our newsroom. WTVG is the ideal location, close to several large metropolitan areas and is home to several parks, first-rate education, sports, arts, and entertainment.

Job Summary/Description:

WTVG-TV, the #1 station and award-winning ABC affiliate in Toledo, Ohio, is seeking a part-time newscast producer to join our team. We're looking for a journalist and storyteller who is a news junkie with a drive for producing engaging content for all platforms (digital and broadcast). 13 Action News producers must be able to gather and showcase engaging, new, and shareable content.
Our producers have strong roots in journalism, multitask under deadline, and can tell a story like they're talking to a friend. This is a great opportunity to get your foot in the door while learning from the best in our market.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
- Prioritize, organize, and produce newscasts
- Maintain working knowledge of current events, community issues, and local contacts
- Stay on top of digital trends and best practices and integrate them into the station's overall digital presence.
- Assist with CTV streaming, including the furthering of the emerging live CTV desk in the newsroom, working wit reporters and producers to cover breaking and trending stories
- Work with reporters to get their daily stories posted to the website in a way that is engaging and error-free
Create, adapt, and manage the station's overall digital strategy, using metrics from Google Analytics, Chartbeat, Crowdtangle and others to gauge success

Qualification/Requirements:
- Demonstrate solid news judgment
- Maintain strong journalistic ethic
- Strong initiative and attention to detail
- Be creative and create compelling and memorable newscasts
- Knowledge of newsroom software
- Knowledge of web posting software
- Strong research skills, including online research using various search engines
- Ability to stay current with national and local news/weather
- Intermediate-level knowledge of social media
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and work well under pressure
- Ability to work independently with little supervision

Qualified, interested applicants can, go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', upload your cover letter, resume, and references

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

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gxxk3o-3-141-31-240-42 in your application.