News Producer

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Fox TV Stations

FOX Television Stations owns and operates 29 full power broadcast television stations in the U.S. These include stations located in 14 of the top 15 largest designated market areas, or DMAs, and duopolies in 11 DMAs, including the three largest DMAs (New York, Los Angeles and Chicago). Of these stations, 18 are affiliated with the FOX Network. In addition to distributing sports, entertainment and syndicated content, our television stations collectively produce approximately 1,200 hours of local news every week. These stations leverage viewer, distributor and advertiser demand for the FOX Network’s national content.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Content creators: Flex your creativity, thrive with autonomy and own a piece of Houston’s #1 weekend morning news!

FOX 26 in Houston is hiring a producer to plan, create and deliver compelling, urgent, informative, and entertaining content as part of FOX 26 Morning News: Weekends. This is an ultra-competitive news town, but our weekend morning news block is consistently #1 in the market from 5am-8am on Saturdays and Sundays. We’re looking for a content rockstar who can move seamlessly from breaking news and severe weather coverage to creative news segments and live guests while setting the bar for showcasing and originality.

You’ll need a sense of urgency and mastery of the control room environment and be ready to take live coverage on linear, streaming platforms or both at the same time. You’ll need to maintain a close relationship with our digital team to make sure everything we do is tailored for the platforms we serve and that each piece of content we create works in support of our growing digital footprint. Other skills we’re looking for include: Concise, accurate and audience focused writing skills, the ability to edit video in support of live and studio segments, plus knowledge of social media best practices.

You’ll participate in the weekend planning process along with anchors, assignment desk team members and managers to develop future stories and segments, keeping FOX 26 ahead of all local news outlets in creating the most compelling content for our audience. You’ll also have opportunities to produce news and sports specials, field produce big events and take on other special projects. During the week, you’ll write and create content for our 6-hour morning news block, fill in when morning producers are taking time off and help us plan the best live digital and linear content in the market.

Requirements: Minimum 2 years’ experience as a producer in a medium or large market is preferred. Bachelor's Degree required, journalism or a related field preferred. Must be able to work under pressure, meet strict deadlines and multitask. Ideal candidate has familiarity with newsroom computer systems, graphics programs and video editing software. Houston experiences year-round severe weather and frequent wall-to-wall breaking news. Newsroom staff must be available to work on site or in the field when scheduled during high-impact events or local emergency situations.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $63,000.00-67,000.00 annually for high cost labour markets such as but not limited to New York City and Los Angeles, $52,500.00-55,800.00 annually for all other US locations. This role is also eligible for various benefits, including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents. Benefits for Union represented employees will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

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