Part-time Digital Desk Producer

WGAL News 8, the Hearst Television NBC affiliate located in the Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA market, is looking for a dynamic and creative Part-time content producer to contribute to our digital platforms and our assignment desk. The right candidate will thrive in a competitive, fast-paced environment creating stand-out content for our website, mobile products and social media platforms, as well as help plan daily news coverage, assign field crews and react to breaking news. You must be an excellent storyteller who can edit and create content while facing intense competition under constant deadline pressure. Breaking news and weather are pillars of our coverage, and you must know how to maximize it all, while accomplishing daily responsibilities. Connecting and collaborating with teammates and viewers is critical. You will report to the Digital Content Manager.

Responsibilities

• Write/edit and publish breaking news and weather, daily news, sports and enterprise feature stories for our station website, app, and other social media platforms
• Write compelling headlines; especially for mobile and social media and carefully create mobile push notifications for breaking news/severe weather
• Manage LIVE streams of newscasts and breaking news
• Work with TV producers, reporters and anchors to ensure content is posted accurately and quickly
• Listen to multiple police scanners throughout our market
• Assist news management with content gathering and planning
• Assist TV producers and reporters with story gathering – with a high emphasis on a people-oriented content
• Keep track of crews in the field and communicate strategies
• Furnish content and post it to all digital platforms, including sending push alerts
• Contribute ideas to help grow our station's platforms
• Gather and organize press releases, emails, phone calls and viewer tips. Decide which will yield compelling content for newscasts and digital platforms

Requirements

• 1-3 years of experience in a professional television newsroom or web-publishing environment
• Compelling news/editorial judgment and ability to make independent decisions
• Excellent AP writing skills
• Basic knowledge of video editing
• Experience with social media best practices
• Experience listening to police scanners and monitoring social media accounts to gather content and communicate with news makers
• Flexibility to work different shifts (including overnights, nights and weekends), holidays on short notice to cover a 24-hour news cycle
• Work well in an environment with frequent interruptions
• Can gather information from multiple sources simultaneously and quickly push it out to anchors, reporters and producers
• Be able to remain calm and level-headed during breaking news situations
• Related military experience will be considered
• In-person attendance is required

Diversity Statement

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.