The FOX 8 digital content producer should be a responsible journalist who is passionate about news, innovative, a self-starter, full of creativity, reliable, honest and takes initiative.
This position will include duties for both our digital platforms and performing assignment desk duties such as, managing crews in the field, listening to the scanners and assigning reporter stories.
The role of a web producer and assignment editor also requires a strong understanding on producing content for our social media accounts. The winning candidate will have experience as both a news writer and assignment desk experience.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY: Research and write local/national stories, capture visual content and edit general assignment stories for our websites, mobile platforms and social media.
· Produce content for multiple platforms: website, mobile and social media
· Work with management to enterprise digital only content and take on new projects
· Write stories in AP style, come up with unique content for the FOX 8 digital platforms and create digital extras to beef up content
· Gather and verify factual information regarding stories through interview, observation and research
· Experience in using Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms for broadcast purposes
· Reviews copy and corrects errors in content, grammar, and punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines
· Produces unique digital content and write compelling, SEO strong stories and headlines
· Be proficient at multi-tasking. Constantly monitor all digital and social sources to break and produce news on digital
· Research and analyze background information related to news stories in order to be able to provide complete and accurate information
· Gathers information about events through research, interviews, experience or attendance at political, news, sports, artistic, social or other functions
· Pitches local and trending stories during editorial meetings and communicates with managers
· Finds new ways to use social media and our website to engage with viewers
· Ensures that all content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality
Requirements & Skills:
· Degree in journalism or another related field required
· Experience working in digital or news at television station, newspaper or other professional news site experience preferred as well as previous assignment desk experience.
· Please provide writing samples
· Proficiency in Associated Press style, SEO, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere or Spark, Crowdtangle or Shareablee, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter; livestream production skills
· Maintain positive work environment through active team participation and cooperation with co-workers in all departments
· Responds positively to feedback and direction
Salary $55-60k “Based on experience
Please be aware candidates may be at risk of being targeted by scammers seeking personal data or money. Recruiters with Nexstar Media Group and its local stations will only contact you through official job boards, LinkedIn, or e-mail with Nexstar.tv domain or official station e-mail addresses (example: @wreg.com). Be cautious of any outreach claiming to be from Nexstar or its recruiters via any other messaging platforms or personal e-mail addresses. We will not contact you using a @gmail e-mail address. If you are unsure about the authenticity of a job inquiry or offer, email us at [email protected].
Skills Required
- Degree in journalism or related field
- Experience working in digital or news at a television station, newspaper, or professional news site
- Previous assignment desk experience
- Provide writing samples
- Proficiency in Associated Press (AP) style
- Proficiency in SEO and writing SEO-strong headlines
- Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop
- Proficiency in Adobe Premiere or Adobe Spark
- Experience with CrowdTangle or Shareablee
- Experience using Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for broadcast purposes
- Livestream production skills
- Ability to multi-task, monitor digital/social sources, and produce breaking news content
What We Do
Nexstar Media Group is the largest TV station operator in the country. With the reach of 171 full power television stations in 100 markets addressing nearly 38.9% of US television households, and a diversified, growing digital media operation, Nexstar Media Group offers superior audience engagement across all media devices and local broadcast television’s unrivalled influence on consumers’ purchasing and political decisions. In 20 years, Nexstar has grown from a single station to the nation’s largest television company. This growth is fueled by an organization-wide commitment to delivering exceptional service to our communities and outstanding results for our advertisers. From the very beginning, Nexstar has cultivated an organization-wide commitment to providing superior, unique local content that is relevant to each of the communities it serves, while offering local businesses, advertisers and brands the ability to engage and connect with local communities.
