News Producer, KATC
The E.W. Scripps Company
Job Summary
KATC, the E.W. Scripps ABC affiliate in Lafayette, Louisiana, is seeking a creative and motivated News Producer. This role involves utilizing editorial, journalistic, organizational, and communication skills to craft engaging stories for multiple platforms that connect with the community. The producer will develop and organize newscasts, write story development, collaborate with the news team, enhance content with various media, execute time-sensitive decisions, oversee live broadcasts, perform desktop editing, and post content to the station's websites.
Must Have
- 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.
Good to Have
- Skills as an 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
Job Description
Are you passionate about local news and ready to shape the stories that matter to Acadiana? KATC, the E.W. Scripps ABC affiliate in the heart of Cajun country, Lafayette, Louisiana, is seeking a creative, motivated News Producer. Utilizing editorial, journalistic, organizational and communication skills, this News Producer will craft engaging stories for multiple platforms that connect with our community.
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:
- Skills as an 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
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