News Producer/Videographer

About the role

The ideal candidate will produce daily newscasts for broadcast across all platforms, write, edit and order news stories, approve scripts, balance news and feature content, shoot and edit video, conduct interviews with officials on breaking news scenes, set up and shoot live shots, and post video to the website. Weekend coverage and weekday flexibility including overnights are a must.

Responsibilities

• Produces newscasts for broadcast across all platforms
• Writes, edits and orders news stories
• Approves scripts
• Balances news and feature content to create compelling broadcasts
• Sets up and shoots live shots
• Shoots & edits video
• Conducts interviews with officials on breaking news scenes
• Writes stories for the website and other digital platforms
• Communicates with managers and teams in the field daily
• Pitches story ideas

Requirements & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education, work related experience, or recent college graduate with quality news internships
• Excellent verbal, written, grammar and analytical skills
• Must be able to interact well with video journalists, anchors, videographers, news managers, production, and engineering staff
• Minimum one year experience in news operations (More or less depending on market size)
• Must be detail oriented
• Able to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Has a sense of urgency
• Strong news judgment, journalistic integrity and understanding of viewer needs and expectations
• Flexibility to work any shift

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Must be able to stand, sit, conduct telephone conversations, use electronic mail, conduct face-to-face discussions with individuals or groups, make decisions without supervision, make decisions that impact the results of co-workers, and work near others
• Must be able to lift, set up and operate equipment weighing up to 25 pounds, and be able to handle, control or feel objects, tools or controls
• Repetitive movements are required
• Work may be conducted in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions