Local News Associate Producer

Job Description

Local News Associate Producer Part-Time

KCRA 3, the NBC affiliate in Sacramento and a Hearst Television station, has an opening for a part-time Associate Producer. You will assist producers in all aspects of producing a newscast. This will include writing stories, creating graphics, researching information, and using video. Associate Producers also help make phone calls to gather information about stories. In addition to writing for our broadcasts, our associate producers are also assigned to write/post stories daily to our website and social media sites and have writing and tape editing skills. You will report to the dayside executive producer. This is a wonderful opportunity if you are looking to get your foot in the door and get started in a career in journalism.

Responsibilities
• Write copy for daily newscasts and edit videos
• Assist producers, assignment editors and reporters with research
• Collaborate with assignment editors, producers, reporters, photographers, editors, production staff and news managers
• Understand social media and be able to produce content on our digital platforms
• Research and write stories for television and digital platforms
• Make follow-up calls and beat calls

Requirements
• Familiarity with social media
• Writing and verbal skills
• Work on deadlines
• Related military experience will be considered

Salary

The salary for this role is $24 per hour. The base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as transferable skills, work experience, business needs, market demands and conditions, including geographic location where the work will be performed, and other factors permitted by law. The base pay is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Diversity Statement

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1k7y0-18-220-160-216-42 in your application.