Ozarks First in Springfield, Missouri, is hiring a newscast producer. If you love journalism and the idea of running the show from behind the camera, producing might be your calling. You must have a passion for writing and storytelling. And it’s incredibly important that you are a team player and a collaborator. The producer builds the rundown, writes news scripts, edits the video, creates graphics, communicates with the team, and times the broadcast.
What is Required:
- Take an active role in daily editorial discussions
- Select stories and organize them into a cohesive sequence
- Clear, concise, conversational writing skills
- Copyedit stories and spellcheck graphics
- Write creative headlines and teases
- Edits video and sound
- Adjust a rundown to add breaking news
- Time a newscast from our control room
- Communicate effectively with anchors, multi-media journalists, photographers, meteorologists, sports, digital, news managers, production, and engineering staff
Additional Skills:
- Fluency in English with strong spelling and grammar
- Willing to learn our computer systems and programs
- Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments, and handle multiple tasks
- Flexibility to work any shift, with some late notice of shift and schedule changes
Education: Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
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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.
