News Producer

Job Description

News Producer, WXMI

The E.W. Scripps station WXMI, the Fox affiliate in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is seeking a News Producer to join our team! The News Producer will create, lead and organize content for multiple platforms utilizing strong editorial, journalistic, organizational and communication skills.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:
• Develop and organizes newscasts or local programs; responsible for writing, story development and showcasing
• Collaborate with reporters, anchors, news managers and assignment editors to determine content needs
• Enhance the content with graphics, video, research, and station branding
• Execute time sensitive decisions
• Responsible for oversight of live broadcast and up to the minute editorial decisions
• Perform desktop editing
• Post content to station's Web sites
• Perform other duties as assigned

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
• Bachelor's degree in Journalism or related field, or equivalent 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-g3z4kn-3-128-94-171-42 in your application.