Writer/Producer
News12 - Bronx, NY, US, 10473![News12](/api/image?src=https%3A%2F%2Fproduction-rails-default.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Falt_company%2Flogo%2F295%2FNews12.webp&w=640&q=75&f=webp)
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. 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.
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Overview
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
The Producer, Writer, will write, interview and field produce, long and short-form video for documentary series, news programs, live coverage, breaking news and other productions and promotions for all news services, and branded packages. This is a key role in the news organization that will be responsible for quality newsgathering.
Responsibilities
- Work in independent or team settings to create pictures and sound which accurately and fairly represent the news.
- Develop, pitch, research and write long and short-form videos, as well as promotional and branded videos.
- Knowledge of pre-production and field producing techniques.
- Understanding of post-production work flow.
- Knowledge of journalistic best practices, and fact-checking techniques.
- Storytelling and creative writing ability.
- Ability to multi-task.
- Demonstrate professionalism and expertise of job responsibilities while providing news coverage for exclusive, high-profile events (i.e., local rallies, political campaigns, news features, etc.).
- Understand, follow, and exhibit the process of creative photojournalism and editing.
- Keep informed of current events, take part in planning process and propose stories to be covered.
- Coordinate playback of edited material and maintain video archives.
- Duplicate material to fulfill requests as directed.#
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Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred.
- Previous full-time News experience in television field production preferred.
- Experience in long-form video
- Experience in true crime and documentary storytelling a plus.
- Ability to shoot and edit (Adobe Premiere) a plus
- Proficiency in use of production equipment and computers.
- Proficiency in news operations and practices.
- Experience with Electronic News Production Systems (ENPS) preferred.
- Understanding of Master Control systems and Satellite feed operations.
- Consistently demonstrates creativity and independence in pursuit of stories and assignments.
- Flexible schedule with ability to work nights, weekends and holidays.
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This position is identified as being performed in/or reporting to company operations in New York State. Salary ranges are supplied in compliance with New York State law. Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in the posted location is $64,260.00 - $105,570.00 / year. The rate/range provided herein is the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and does not reflect future job opportunity.