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About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
KGW
, the NBC affiliate in Portland, OR is seeking an innovative
Producer to shape our daily newscasts. At KGW, we build newscasts that engage, educate and inform our audiences. We prioritize original storytelling and investigative journalism as key components of our newscasts to set our product apart in the Portland market. We value a collaborative, motivated journalist who works well within a team to bring the truth to our growing audiences across platforms, including streaming, broadcast and mobile. This position may involve morning or weekend shifts.
Responsibilities:
- Use your natural curiosity to pitch compelling stories and build interesting newscasts.
- Show off your creativity and storytelling skills.
- Craft stories of all lengths on all platforms for specific audiences.
- Meet daily deadlines.
- Write stories and teases that are tight and informative.
- Combine live pictures, graphics, compelling video, and emotional sound to create an engaging newscast.
- Booth continuous coverage on our live streams for breaking news and community events.
- Consistently try new things after thoughtful discussion with supervisors.
- Use data analytics to help shape the content of your show.
- Challenge traditional ways of doing things.
- Advocate for underrepresented people, communities, and viewpoints to have a voice and presence in your show.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred in journalism, communications, or related field or equivalent years of experience.
- Minimum of 2 years of news content experience, preferably as a newscast producer.
- Strong communication skills are an absolute must.
- Solid journalistic judgement and a news philosophy that emphasizes accurate, fair, and unique local content, along with community engagement.
- Understanding of the ethics of professional journalism.
- Skills in producing engaging, content-driven newscasts and digital content.
- Strong social media skills, including an active newshound presence on your preferred social platforms.
- Organizational skills and the ability to work under time-pressure deadlines.
- Ability to calmly handle live, breaking news situations and changing events.
- ENPS and Edius experience preferred.
Benefits:
- TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
- Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
- Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
- TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
- Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
- EEO statement: TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
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