Nightside Executive Producer
full-time•United States
About this role
WTNH/News 8 is looking for its next nightside show leader.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leadership, creativity and collaboration skills to increase the depth and reach of our newscasts and digital platforms while building new audiences and enhancing the user experience. The Nightside Executive Producer will execute best practices in this aggressive breaking news and severe weather market.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Manage nightside team, contribute to the editorial process, and make solid decisions in breaking news situations.
- Help in content production
- Define strategic direction for content coverage to meet business and financial objectives.
- Execute strategies that engage and grow audiences across all media devices.
- Possess strong interpersonal skills, understand how to recruit new producers, and enjoy the coaching/mentoring aspects of this position.
- Hold post news meetings, look forward to next day, and offer critiques
- Be a leader in content and managers meetings
Requirements & Skills:
- Bachelor's Degree in Journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.
- At least 5 years’ experience in news operations and/or producing preferred.
- Collaborate with anchors, reporters, producers, writers, assignment editors, photographers, and other team members to ensure newscasts are highly produced, teases are strong, and content matches the station brand, review scripts, ensuring accuracy, fairness, and ethical journalism.
- Must be able fill in on show producing when necessary.
- Ability to multi-task, deal with extreme deadline pressure, and react/coordinate coverage under live breaking news situation is crucial.
- Excellent verbal, written, digital and analytical skills
- Strong news judgment, journalistic integrity and understanding of viewer needs and expectations
- Able to work the nightside shift.
Other facts
Tech stack
Leadership,Creativity,Collaboration,Content Production,Editorial Process,Strategic Direction,Audience Engagement,Coaching,Mentoring,News Judgment,Journalistic Integrity,Communication Skills,Multi-tasking,Deadline Management,Breaking News Coordination,Team Collaboration
About Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 316,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units.
Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with more than 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people.
Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All Americans,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network.
The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property.
Team size: 10,001+ employees
Website: http://www.nexstar.tv
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Industry: Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
Founding Year: 1996
What you'll do
- The Nightside Executive Producer will manage the nightside team and contribute to the editorial process, making solid decisions in breaking news situations. They will also define strategic direction for content coverage to meet business objectives and engage audiences across media platforms.
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What does a Nightside Executive Producer do at Nexstar Media Group, Inc.?
As a Nightside Executive Producer at Nexstar Media Group, Inc., you will: the Nightside Executive Producer will manage the nightside team and contribute to the editorial process, making solid decisions in breaking news situations. They will also define strategic direction for content coverage to meet business objectives and engage audiences across media platforms..
Why join Nexstar Media Group, Inc. as a Nightside Executive Producer?
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is a leading Broadcast Media Production and Distribution company.
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