Content Producer
Application Minimum Deadline: COB March 8, 2012
Application Maximum Deadline: COB May 24, 2012
Station Management reserves the right to hire within the minimum and maximum deadlines. Applicants will be notified of position closing.
KOLN/KGIN-TV is accepting applications for a full-time Content Producer in the Lincoln News Department.
The Content Producer has general responsibility for organizing, arranging and presenting our news content in a coherent, relevant, compelling way to our audiences on multiple media, serving people with news that leads the market as first, as most relevant, most compelling, most useful. This position coordinates assorted elements of news coverage into meaningful news presentations on-air and online, building news presentations with all available tools for all available media. This position involves mature news judgment along with high levels of creativity, communication, language skills and professionalism.
Duties include, but are not limited to: ability to organize information and personnel, coordinating them for most effective and efficient delivery of information to our audiences. The content producer coordinates with other news staff to process information for fast, accurate dissemination, making news judgments about content importance, content presentation and content distribution. This position exercises perpetual grammar review, story presentation analysis and preparation including graphics and other visual/audio elements to best cover news for two newscasts per day.
Qualifications include: media-related bachelor’s degree or equivalent job experience in journalism, understanding of visual/audio storytelling, graphics, ability to edit, write and report accurately and creatively under deadline pressure, and understanding of newsroom operations and basic professional news coverage practices. News judgment, decisiveness, strong ability to handle/meet deadlines, exceptional writing/grammar skill, positive ability to work well with other staff, need to be first and accurate with news coverage, working knowledge of new media, and willingness to take direction as a team player are essential. Must maintain a permanent residence within 30 minutes of station and meet physical requirements of the position. Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential. A valid driver's license is required.
Submit resume, references, work examples and a cover letter noting where you saw this vacancy posting along with your thoughts about the best and worst aspects of television journalism to:
By email to hr@1011now.com
By fax to 402.233.7885
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
Only if you don’t have electronic access, please mail your resume to or complete an application at:
KOLN/KGIN-TV
Attn: Human Resources
840 North 40th Street
Lincoln, NE 68503
KOLN/KGIN TV/Gray Television Group, Inc. is a drug-free company and requires pre-employment drug and background testing. EOE Gray Television Group, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical handicap or marital status. Discriminatory employment practices are specifically prohibited by the Federal Communications Commission. If you believe your Equal Employment Rights have been violated, you may contact the FCC in Washington, D.C. 20054, or other appropriate state or local agencies.
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