Producer

About the role

KGW, the NBC affiliate in Portland, OR, is seeking an innovative Producer to shape our daily newscasts. At KGW, we build newscasts that engage, educate, and inform our audiences, prioritizing original storytelling and investigative journalism to set our product apart in the Portland market. We value a collaborative, motivated journalist who works well within a team to bring the truth to our growing audiences across platforms, including streaming, broadcast, and mobile. This position may involve morning or weekend shifts.

Responsibilities

• Use your natural curiosity to pitch compelling stories and build interesting newscasts.
• Show off your creativity and storytelling skills.
• Craft stories of all lengths on all platforms for specific audiences.
• Meet daily deadlines.
• Write stories and teases that are tight and informative.
• Combine live pictures, graphics, compelling video, and emotional sound to create an engaging newscast.
• Booth continuous coverage on our live streams for breaking news and community events.
• Consistently try new things after thoughtful discussion with supervisors.
• Use data analytics to help shape the content of your show.
• Challenge traditional ways of doing things.
• Advocate for underrepresented people, communities, and viewpoints to have a voice and presence in your show.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in journalism, communications, or related field or equivalent years of experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of news content experience, preferably as a newscast producer.
• Strong communication skills are an absolute must.
• Solid journalistic judgment and a news philosophy that emphasizes accurate, fair, and unique local content, along with community engagement.
• Understanding of the ethics of professional journalism.

Skills

• Skills in producing engaging, content-driven newscasts and digital content.
• Strong social media skills, including an active newshound presence on your preferred social platforms.
• Organizational skills and the ability to work under time-pressure deadlines.
• Ability to calmly handle live, breaking news situations and changing events.
• ENPS and Edius experience preferred.

Benefits

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental, and financial health of our employees and their families.

• 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.
• 401(k) program with a 100% match on contributions up to the first 4% of pay, 100% vested from day one.
• Nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc for all employees and their eligible family members, regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans.
• Twelve free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
• 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.