Job Details
NewsNation Line Producer, Chicago
Summary
NewsNation is looking for a Line Producer to join the network’s growing team. The producer plays a lead role in managing creation of the show's rundown and facilitates the production process from the daily pitch meeting to the execution of the live show in the control room collaborating with editorial and production staff throughout the day.
Category
Editor
Line Producer
Producers
Location
Greater Chicago Area
Time Period
Full Time
Posted Date
Feb 08, 2023
Start Date
N/A
End Date
N/A
Job Description
NewsNation is looking for a Line Producer to join the network’s growing team. The successful candidate must understand national news, politics, and international affairs, and know how to best tell stories which inform a national audience. The producer plays a lead role in managing creation of the show's rundown and facilitates the production process from the daily pitch meeting to the execution of the live show in the control room collaborating with editorial and production staff throughout the day. The position must be onsite at the network's headquarters in Chicago.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Skilled at ENPS and able to build rundowns for regular programming as well as breaking news and special programming
- Works with director and production crew on technical aspects of broadcast
- Writes scripts including but not limited to opens, and teases
- Facilitates creation of in-show graphics and story titles
- Works with executive producer and senior producer to copy edit show
- Time newscast in the control room during live broadcast
- Coordinates with assignment desk and control room staff being proactive about troubleshooting problems and responding to breaking news
Requirements & Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience
- Five to ten years of producing experience with network or top 20 market experience preferred
- Strong writing, organizational, and people skills are vital
- Desktop editing is a must.
- The successful candidate will be a self-starter with excellent communication skills who brings lots of ideas to the table.
Job Type
Full Time
Weekly Limit
N/A
Shift
Day
Attached Files
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