Must be knowledgeable on daily news events, aware of past events, and understand news in the Philadelphia market. The ideal Newscast Producer candidate is expected to be a key communicator in the newsroom, talking with each person who will participate or provide content for that newscast. Collaborate with managers, digital team, and assignment desk to deliver complete local news coverage that is fair and accurate. Be a key contributor for story ideas, participate in daily coverage decisions and ... more details
Job Description
Newscast Producers work closely with assignment editors, reporters, and anchors to produce, write, edit and gather content on all WCAU platforms. Producers will be responsible for the overall newscast and coverage of assigned stories on all platforms throughout the day, including but not limited to Out-of-Home, web, and broadcast.
The Role and Responsibilities:
Must be knowledgeable on daily news events, aware of past events, and understand news in the Philadelphia market.
The ideal Newscast Producer candidate is expected to be a key communicator in the newsroom, talking with each person who will participate or provide content for that newscast.
Collaborate with managers, digital team, and assignment desk to deliver complete local news coverage that is fair and accurate.
Be a key contributor for story ideas, participate in daily coverage decisions and be a leader during editorial meetings.
Must be able to line-produce newscasts.
Must understand the station's mission and priorities.
Stay on top of the latest graphic tools to visually enhance and showcase stories.
Write news scripts and edit video clips.
Must be able to produce under heavy deadline pressure without compromising credibility.
Qualifications
Qualifications/Requirements:
Must be able to speak, read and write fluently in Spanish and must be able to speak, read and understand English.
2 to 4 years producer experience.
Excellent news judgment, creative ideas and writing skills a must.
Must have leadership qualities, be detail oriented, organized and able to handle intense deadline pressure.
Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered
Must be willing to work in the Philadelphia area and travel as needed for special assignments.
Must be willing to work long hours, varying shifts (including nights and weekends) and report to work in emergencies depending upon news coverage when necessary.
Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
Must be 18 years or greater
Must have a valid driver’s license
Desired Qualifications
Take an active role in selecting the stories of the day – come up with story ideas that reporters can turn in one day, create producer driven content to enhance our coverage of the big story and other stories that appear in the newscast.
Anticipate problems and address them throughout the course of the shift, eliminate all factual/spelling/other errors that appear in the show. If a problem arises, address it immediately.
Follow up problems with those involved and a newsroom manager.
Bring creativity into every aspect of the newscast, use the Telemundo62 arsenal of tools and equipment to provide the most current information that is geographically diverse and maximizes viewer benefits.
News judgment with solid ethical decision process.
High competitive nature.
Ability to perform under tight time deadlines
Additional Requirements
Required On-Site: This position is required to be performed full-time from an NBCUniversal-designated worksite.
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