PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS ESSENTIAL TO THE JOB:
Ability to produce evening and morning newscasts.
Ability to write news stories.
Ability to read information sources.
Ability to handle live breaking news.
Ability to handle deadline pressure.
Ability to give directions to anchors, reporters, photographers, and directors.
Typical shift would be 11pm to 4am.
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED
Valid drivers license
Computer literate
2 years television newsroom experience
2 years of news producing experience preferred
4-year college degree preferred
Work under extreme pressure, deadlines, and adverse weather conditions.
Desk work, walking and standing
STATEMENT ABOUT OTHER DUTIES:
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs, special projects, technological developments, etc.
Skills Required
- Ability to produce evening and morning newscasts
- Ability to write news stories
- Ability to read information sources
- Ability to handle live breaking news
- Ability to handle deadline pressure
- Ability to give directions to anchors, reporters, photographers, and directors
- Valid drivers license
- Computer literate
- 2 years television newsroom experience
- 2 years of news producing experience
- 4-year college degree
- Work under extreme pressure, deadlines, and adverse weather conditions
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.
