Producer
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Job Location:
Portland, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets TEGNA reaches more than100 million people monthly across the web mobile apps streaming and linear television. Together we are building a sustainable future for local news.
KGW is looking for a producer to help craft an exceptional daily newscast in Portland OR. The ideal candidate for this job is collaborative creative detail-oriented and will be engaged in the Portland community. KGW and TEGNA are on a mission to move local news forward on both traditional linear and digital platforms. We are looking for a candidate who embraces new technology and is excited about the future of local journalism.
Responsibilities:
- Craft a daily newscast that is informative engaging and entertaining
- Use creative production techniques graphics and video to enhance your newscast.
- Collaborate with and take feedback from your managers anchors and other colleagues on a daily basis
- Engage in the daily editorial meetings and regularly pitch stories or ideas for coverage
- Act quickly and decisively when covering breaking news
- Possess strong writing and grammar skills
- Ensure every story in your newscasts is presented accurately and fairly
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree preferably in journalism or communications or equivalent professional experience.
- Minimum 2 years of news producing experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong journalistic and ethical judgement
- Understanding of the state of the local television industry including trends around streaming mobile news and social media
- Experience stacking writing and manning the control room for local newscasts
- Strong social media skills including following local accounts for story ideas
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and stay composed under pressure
- Experience with the following systems is a plus: ENPS Edius Chyron TEGNA One Social News Desk
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNAs 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctors appointments with a physician through Teladoc and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We areproud to be an equal opportunity employer hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race color religion national origin sex gender age marital status personal appearance sexual orientation gender identity or expression family responsibilities disability medical condition enrollment in college or vocational school political affiliation military or veteran status citizenship status genetic information or any other basis protected by federal state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilitiesin accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application please email
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Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
Key Skills
- Promotional Events
- Image Campaigns
- Promotional Campaigns
- Communications
- News Image
- Promotional Content
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Youtube
- Promotional Materials
- Digital Media
- Promotional Spots
- Video production
- Station Image
About Company
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