About this role
News Producer
WCVB, Hearst Television’s market-leading ABC affiliate in Boston, is looking for a News Producer who excels at creating compelling, memorable content in a fast-paced news environment. The ideal candidate can construct a clear, creative vision for each newscast and communicate that vision effectively to the team. This role requires a strong collaborator who thrives in a newsroom setting and can develop multi-platform content. You are a pro when it comes to making editorial decisions under pressure and adapting as stories evolve. You know how to own breaking news and produce an impactful product that resonates with our viewers. You are fast, flexible, and work well in a room full of experienced professionals who share the same passion and commitment to quality journalism.
Responsibilities
Build memorable newscasts using creative showcasing, concise writing, and skillful storytelling
- Write compelling news stories in active voice
- Coordinate creative vision with team of anchors, reporters, meteorologists, photographers, editors, and production staff
- Act quickly and decisively during breaking news, effectively delivering need-to-know information to a broad audience
- Demonstrate a commanding presence in the control room, clearly communicating to production staff and on-air team
- Display a digital-first mindset, collaborating with digital editors to amplify engagement across web and social platforms and posting stories and video as often as possible
- Communicate effectively and respectfully with promotions and engineering teams
- Be an everyday story idea contributor
Requirements
- Professional newscast producing experience
- Proven writing and copy-editing skills for both linear and digital
- Ability to collaborate with assignment editors in dispatching crews
- Creative presentation style and ability to showcase all resources and elements
- Unwavering journalistic integrity and ethical standards
- Must be available to work holidays, night/weekend/overnight shifts, and be flexible during breaking news
- Video editing skills a plus
- Related military experience will be considered
Value in Action
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communications, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate, and connected to the communities we serve.
Salary
The estimated base salary range for this role is between $70,000 and $82,000. The actual base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as transferable skills, work experience, business needs, market demands and conditions, including geographic location where the work will be performed, and other factors permitted by law. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Benefits
Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.
- Medical | Dental | Vision
- 401(k) matching
- Emotional Wellness Support
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- LGBTQ+ Health Services
- Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. we do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national, origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Other facts
About Hearst
As one of the nation’s largest global, diversified information, services and media companies, Hearst has been leading with purpose and integrity and innovating for more than a century. With a mission to inform audiences and improve lives, the company’s portfolio includes global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; Hearst Transportation, which includes CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing the maintenance of jets and helicopters; 35 television stations; 24 daily and 52 weekly newspapers; more than 200 magazine editions around the world and ownership in cable television networks A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN.
Leading with purpose, Hearst is always moving forward. With a commitment to the highest quality in our products and services, we’re investing in healthcare solutions to help improve patient outcomes and technology that curbs emissions. Our brands are providing vital analysis, data and software to the global financial services industry; delivering important service and investigative journalism; and inspiring audiences with sports and entertainment programming. And we are dedicated to serving the communities it operates in, both civically and philanthropically.
What you'll do
- The News Producer is responsible for building memorable newscasts through creative showcasing and concise writing. They must act quickly during breaking news and coordinate the creative vision with the team.
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