WCCO-TV in the Twin Cities is seeking a Producer.
Overview:
- Manages a team of anchors, reporters, photographers, editors and other journalists.
- Crafts phenomenal TV and helps to collaborate on content for digital platforms everyday.
- Understands the importance of performing strong breaking news and weather coverage.
- Ideates and crafts moments to showcase news/weather and sports anchors.
- Works closely with news managers to evaluate effective content for the changing audience.
- Applies video, live pictures, graphics, props, social media, anchor involvement and the other tools of television to deliver relevant, memorable and distinctive news.
- Writes memorable copy on tight deadlines.
- Ensures newscast’s timeliness, accuracy, fairness, quality and compliance with all FCC requirements and CBS standards.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism or Communications
- 2+ years' experience as a producer in commercial television news.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Naturally curious and competitive leader; phenomenal interpersonal skills, conversational writing, as well as efficiency working in teams and on tight deadlines.
- iNews, Tagboard, Grass Valley Stratus/Edius, Ross Overdrive
CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. markets, the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News Streaming local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nation’s #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O’DONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSNews.com, CBS News Radio and podcasts, Paramount +, all digital platforms, and the CBS News Streaming Network, the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service that is available free to everyone with access to the internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations’ top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News’ streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as CBSNews.com and Paramount+. The service is available live in 91 countries. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today’s digital age. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast news division.
Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.
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