News 12 is our award-winning, hyper local news station covering communities throughout Long Island, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester, Hudson Valley, Connecticut and New Jersey. News 12 New York is our National streaming service for regional news, weather and News 12 originals.
If you're committed to delivering high quality news and storytelling with a hyper local lens, we have positions available for both on and off-air talent with opportunities for development and growth.
Job Summary
AUSA News is looking for a creative, driven, and experienced Producer to assist in the broadcast of live daily news programming. The candidate will have experience working in live news with expertise in writing scripts and working within show rundowns. Knowledge of general news, business news, technology innovations, and cultural news is necessary.
The candidate must also be able to conduct guest research, pre-interview guests, and put together smart and informative segments for air. You need to be able to work in a high-pressure environment and produce under tight deadlines. The successful candidate must be a self-starter and independent worker. At the same time, you must be adaptable and flexible, a team player who is able to mix easily and work effectively in our small and highly collaborative team. You are expected to be in the office during your shift each day.
Responsibilities
- Build and line-produce newscasts and breaking news outside of designated newscasts
- Effectively communicate with colleagues about content - for newscasts and distribution across digital platforms.
- Gather news stories via internal and external sources (i.e. wires, feeds, digital platforms etc.)
- Participate in pitching and selecting story ideas
- Write and copy-edit all stories, headlines, and teases.
- Build and proof read graphics, including banners and lower thirds.
- Utilize studio space to enhance storytelling
Qualifications
- Must have strong news judgment, and knowledge of current events (knowledge of New Jersey a plus).
- 3+ years of live, line producing newscast experience.
- Excellent communication and people skills.
- Knowledge of social media platforms and the rules for using content from them.
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work well under tight deadlines.
- Skilled at timing out newscasts
- Experience with ENPS a plus
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Nearest Major Market: New Jersey
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What We Do
We are one of the largest broadband communications and video services providers in the United States, serving nearly 5 million residential and business customers across 21 states with an advanced portfolio of connectivity services, including Optimum Fiber Internet, Optimum TV and Optimum Mobile.
We also operate Optimum Media, an advanced advertising and data business, which provides audience-based, multiscreen advertising solutions to local, regional, and national businesses and clients, as well as hyper-local and international news networks through its News 12 and i24NEWS brands.
The way we interact, connect, and communicate evolves every day, with faster, more accessible, and more secure products and services, making it easier than ever to come together when we need it most. Whether it’s through connectivity in the home or on the go or through local news, national news, and more, Altice USA’s brands make it easier for consumers, businesses, communities, schools, hospitals, and everyone in between to connect to the things that matter most to them.
Central to how our company operates is the idea of reinvention - fearless reinvention. And to meet the needs of our customers, we have built a company and team that is equipped to deliver on the Altice USA promise and one that is reflective of the many diverse communities we serve. Altice USA employees are driven, innovative, and know how to lean in and use their voices to challenge ideas and celebrate one another, understanding how they, as individuals, impact the greater team and our customers for the better.
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