Local News Producer

Job Description

Local News Producer

Hearst Television's WMUR-TV, the ABC affiliate in Manchester, NH has an immediate opening for a Local News Producer who knows how to create meaningful and memorable newscasts. Candidates should have creative vision and experience making decisions and communicating a plan. You must know how to win the big story, own breaking news and display important weather information. You must be fast and able to work well with like minded colleagues. Accuracy is job one! You will report to our executive producers.

Responsibilities
• Select, research, and write content for live newscasts to make the newscast an ''experience'' for viewers
• Work with and guide reporters in story production
• Coordinate creative vision with team of anchors, reporters, meteorologists, photographers, editors, and production staff
• Booth assigned newscasts, breaking news and weather events

Requirements
• Professional or college producing experience
• Experience working in a newsroom
• Writing and copy-editing skills
• Ability to coordinate several crews and responsibilities simultaneously
• Experience summarizing information into easy-to-understand components
• Creative presentation style, and ability to showcase all resources and elements
• Have and exhibit the highest journalistic integrity and ethical standards
• Must be available to work holidays, shifts including nights, weekends and overnights, and flexible with schedule to be available during breaking news
• Related military experience will be considered

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.

Benefits

Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.
• Medical | Dental | Vision
• 401(k) matching
• Emotional Wellness Support
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• LGBTQ+ Health Services
• Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dyzonk-13-59-127-63-42 in your application.