Job Details
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Summary
CBS MORNINGS is seeking a smart, creative, and enterprising Associate Producer with strong research skills and solid writing experience to join the Overnight/Hard News team.
Category
Associate Producer
Location
Greater New York City Area
Time Period
Full Time
Posted Date
Feb 14, 2022
Start Date
N/A
End Date
N/A
Job Description
The ideal candidate will have a firm command of journalistic standards, a keen attention to detail, and excellent newsgathering and researching skills. They must also be calm and efficient during breaking news and a collaborative member of a newsroom. This role is responsible for helping produce live interview segments as well as writing and producing day-of-air tape and occasional feature packages. The ideal candidate will have field experience and experience working with high-profile guests. They must have a keen eye in the field and in the edit room, and possess a strong mastery of visual graphics and elements.
Additional duties include:
Additional duties include:
- · Exercise editorial judgment in selection of content
- · Write copy for correspondents and anchors as well as writing for feature and news packages
- · Research and write questions for anchors for guest segments
- · Work with editors to turn around pre-taped segments
- · Pitch & execute special, feature & recurring segments
- · Know where to find and how to pull specific video and soundbites
- · Coordinate with correspondents, guests, and anchors to inform them on segment subject matter
Skills/Experience:
- · 4+ years work experience in TV news
- · The ability to work in a fast-paced environment, deal with intense deadline pressure, and react with smart programming ideas and creative storytelling
- · Strong communication skills
- · You are a self-starter while also taking direction from producers and senior producers
- · Strong editorial judgement and excellent writing skills
- · Understanding of newsgathering and transmission technology
- · Strong research skills and familiarity with public and private records databases, such as Lexis Nexis
- · Must be willing to begin their shift at 3am, Monday through Friday
Job Type
Full Time
Weekly Limit
40
Shift
Day, Evening
Attached Files
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