Job Description
WUSA9, TEGNA's flagship TV station and CBS affiliate in Washington, DC, seeks a curious, creative and ambitious Senior News Producer. This producer will work with our daily show producers digging into our extensive toolkit to create an energetic newscast that informs, inspires and impacts audiences in one of the top markets in the country.
Our show producers create interesting and informative newscasts, emphasizing the use of video, graphics, conversational writing and innovative formats.
The ideal candidate will share innovative ideas with our producers for daily content while maintaining close attention to detail. This senior producer must be able to write concisely and execute the goals of the newscast with near perfection, while also meeting tight deadlines.
The ideal candidate understands what it means to work as a team, collaborating with writers, segment producers, reporters, photojournalists, assignment editors, digital editors, directors, production staff, and anchors.
Applicants must have major, breaking news experience, strong editorial judgment, newscast-producing expertise and fully understand the needs of our audience across all our platforms.
Responsibilities:
• Work with daily show producers to craft, build, mold, visualize, and conceptualize the lead story, deep-dive content, and specialized material for the newscast.
• Use creative production techniques like graphics, editing and new forms of media to enhance stories
• Work directly with management and talent to consistently build a high-quality news show
• Assists executive producer in copyediting newscasts
• Ability to assist in execution of newscasts in absence of news manager
• Effectively communicate show vision to team members
• Use social listening research, discover and distribute content
• Write in an exciting, accurate and creative way
• Enterprise news stories
• Lead and inspire a team to work together for a great newscast
Requirements:
• BA/BS in journalism, communications or related
• Minimum of 5 years experience producing/line producing for newscasts
• Understanding of the tenets of journalism
• Proven experience producing engaging, content-driven newscasts and digital content
• Strong social media skills, including an active news hound presence on Twitter and Facebook
• Knowledge of ENPS and Edius preferred
• Organizational skills and the ability to work under constant time-sensitive deadlines
• Experience handling live, breaking news situations and changing events
Pay Range
$38
- $42 USD
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA's 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor's appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
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