News Producer
Cox Media Group
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Seattle • Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $30 - $37 per hour
About the role
- Communicate with reporters and content center to develop storytelling within broadcast
- Write for broadcast including intros and tags creating cohesive storytelling
- Work with Executive Producer and Managing Editor to execute daily newscasts
- Participate in daily editorial meetings
- Command control in the room by communicating a clear vision to the production team, reporters and anchors
- Build relationships with all team members proactively including anchors and meteorologists
- Understand and execute station research
- Assist in the production of special projects and other content related to program and/or station
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Create a newscast using content that meets our research guidelines
- Incorporate station research and branding consistently to deliver a dynamic and unfolding viewing experience
- Produce newscasts with ease and exhibit strong news judgment, as well as have recent experience producing live, wall-to-wall coverage of hard news events
- Candidates must also embrace change, breaking news, and fluid newscasts, and be comfortable working with digital and social newsgathering and news-distributing platforms
Requirements
- A minimum of 2-3 years producing news in a hard news market is preferred
- Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year College or University in Journalism or Communications preferred
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
- Must be thoroughly professional in all aspects of journalism
- Must be well read on current affairs and have a wide range working knowledge and understanding of general interest subjects
- Ability to prioritize assignments
- Balance of strong journalist skills, ability to execute action plans and creative vision to support strong show delivery
- Ability to recognize stories with potential and develop them into compelling broadcast content
- Ability to scour social media for story ideas and make calls to confirm
- Excellent time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize, multi-task and work under shifting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to pick up shifts in additional dayparts, as needed
- Understand effective and impactful tease writing and promises of value-based coverage
- Flexibility to change content within newscast often and effortlessly
- Ability to communicate clearly and delegate effectively
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance available to the employee and employee’s family (i.e. child, spouse, domestic partner)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (healthcare and dependent care) and Health Savings Accounts
- Short-term and long-term disability and life insurance (supplemental and accidental, death, and dismemberment)
- Participation in CMG’s 401(k) plan with generous company match and both pre-tax and Roth options
- Full-time hourly employees are eligible to earn up to 176 hours of PTO inclusive of paid sick and safe time under applicable law
- Part-time employees will receive one hour of paid sick leave for every 40 hours worked
- Up to eight (8) paid holidays & two (2) floating holidays throughout calendar year 2026
- Up to two (2) weeks of paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- All other benefits required by applicable law
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
broadcast writingstorytellingnewscast productionlive coveragetease writingnews judgmentdigital newsgatheringsocial media scouringdata collectionfact establishment
Soft skills
communicationrelationship buildingproblem-solvingtime managementprioritizationflexibilitycreativityprofessionalismmulti-taskingdelegation
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in JournalismBachelor's degree in Communications