News Producer

Job Description

KSHB 41, an E.W. Scripps news station, prides itself on being A Voice for Everyone – it's not a slogan, rather it's the driving force behind the stories and voices we share in Kansas City and the surrounding communities.

Kansas City is a city of champions, art, culture, world-renowned BBQ, major national and international sporting events and more. Does the opportunity to work in a changing industry to create new ways to connect to our community challenge you? Kansas City is a market that is fast-paced and energetic. The community is proud of its teams, its neighborhoods and always looks for opportunities to help one another.

We are currently seeking writers with news producing experience who will work as a vital part of our team in creative content production.
Our newsroom is staffed with seasoned news veterans that enjoy working together to generate ideas and do great work that represents our community/team and has resulted in award recognition for great work from NATAS Mid-America/ Emmy, Murrow, IRE and has been consecutively recognized for news excellence and overall station / brand excellence.

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-r13bve-3-139-86-65-42 in your application.