News Producer

Job Description

KMTV, The E.W. Scripps Company CBS affiliate in Omaha, Nebraska, is seeking a News Producer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will create and organize content for multiple platforms, utilizing your editorial, journalistic, organizational, and communication skills. As the News Producer, you will develop and oversee newscasts and local programs, collaborate with reporters and news managers, and execute time-sensitive decisions. Omaha, Nebraska, offers a vibrant and growing community, with a thriving arts and culture scene, exciting outdoor recreation, and a rapidly expanding economy. If you are passionate about local news, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and are interested in joining our team, we encourage you to apply.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:
• Develop and organize newscasts or local programs.
• Write story development and showcasing.
• Collaborate with reporters, anchors, news managers and assignment editors to determine content needs.
• Enhance content with graphics, video, research, and station branding.
• Execute time sensitive decisions.
• Oversee 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:
• BS/BA in related discipline preferred or equivalent years of 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-gx43e1-3-144-91-33-42 in your application.