News Producer

The position is also responsible for conceiving, writing, and preparing broadcast material including local, national/international stories, newsbreaks, teasers, and headlines. The News Producer must have a strong sense of journalistic ethics, an excellent editorial judgment and a good understanding of local, state, and national current events. The News Producer should have knowledge of the Latino community demographics

Required Skills & Experience:
•    Minimum of 1 year experience as a News Producer.
•    Must have the ability to lead and conduct the news meeting, generating story ideas, dispatching news crews and reporters.
•    Oversee the on-air look of news broadcasts to make sure it follows UTG and station policies.
•    Full command of the Spanish language both written and spoken is required.
•    Proofreads rundown and copy for accuracy prior to going on the air.
•    In charge of content and creative flow of the assigned broadcast, including writing of teases/ headlines, and graphics.
•    Oversees stories’ production.
•    Works together with the News Director as liaison between Producer, Photographers, and Reporters in the field.
•    Story selection and assignment of stories to reporters and photographers.
•    Prepares newscast rundown (story selection and order) on iNews computer system for 6:00PM and 11:00PM newscasts. 
•    Delegates assignment, production, editing, promotion, graphics and writing responsibilities to indicated staff members.
•    Supervises writing and pre-production of each element of the newscast including all anchor-read stories and reporter full tracks, video editing and graphics.
•    Line produce –back timing- newscast while on the air. 
•    Creates and executes original stories for the show development and execution of sweeps projects production.
•    Must possess leadership skills and be team player, self-starter with solid news judgment and ethics.
•    Must possess knowledge of all aspects of newsroom operations and electronic news-gathering (ENG) and general office equipment and computers.
•    Must have the ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends and holidays.
•    Must contribute with content and strategies for all digital platforms.
•    Other duties as deemed necessary.

Desired Skills & Experience
•    Minimum of 1 year experience as a News Producer.
•    Must be comfortable working in a lead capacity.
•    Digital content creation experience. 
•    Social media savvy. 

Physical Requirements
•    Ability to stand, walk, bend, type, edit, reach, and sit for up to (8) hours.

    Eligibility Requirements
•    Must be willing to work from office in Sacramento, CA.
•    Employment/education will be verified