Job Description

Location: FL-Jacksonville

Job Title: News Producer - WFOX TV

Position Overview

WFOX TV Jacksonville is looking for a full-time News Producer who consistently crafts in-depth, fast-paced, memorable newscasts. The successful candidate must be able to own breaking news inside newscasts and in extended coverage. Must be able to showcase content using newsroom set and tools to enhance storytelling. In addition, successful candidates must have an understanding of coverage on all platforms and are expected to help generate enterprise story ideas. Collaboration with others is a must for this position, and candidates should be open to feedback and have a desire to grow in their role. Concise and accurate writing is required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Create a newscast using content that meets our research guidelines
• Incorporate station research and branding consistently to deliver a dynamic and unfolding viewing experience
• Produce newscasts with ease and exhibit strong news judgment, as well as have recent experience producing live, wall-to-wall coverage of hard news events
• Candidates must also embrace change, breaking news, and fluid newscasts, and be comfortable working with digital and social newsgathering and news-distributing platforms

• Communicates with reporters and content center to develop storytelling within broadcast
• Writes for broadcast including intros and tags creating cohesive storytelling
• Work with Executive Producer and assignment desk to find stories, help assign reporters and make sure information is confirmed
• Ability to prioritize assignments
• Participates in daily editorial meetings
• Commands control in control room by communicating clear vision to production team, reporters and anchors
• Build relationships with all team members proactively including anchors and meteorologists
• Assists in the production of special projects and other content related to program and/or station
• Understand effective and impactful tease writing and promises of value-based coverage
• Ability to scour social media for story ideas and make calls to confirm
• Excellent time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize, multi-task and work under shifting deadlines in a fast-paced environment 
• Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Journalism or Communications
• 2-3 years producing news in a hard news market
• Must be available to work varied hours as needed including holidays, weekends and overnight
• Ability to pick up shifts in additional dayparts, as needed
• Flexibility to change content within newscast often and effortlessly
• Ability to communicate clearly and delegate effectively
• Balance of strong journalist skills, ability to execute action plans and creative vision to support strong show delivery
• Must work on-site

About Cox Media Group 
CMG Media Corporation (d/b/a Cox Media Group) is an industry-leading media company with unparalleled brands, award-winning content, and exceptional team members. CMG provides valuable local and national journalism and entertainment content to the people and communities it serves. The company's businesses encompass 14 high-quality, market-leading television brands in 9 markets; 45 top-performing radio stations delivering multiple genres of content in 9 markets; and numerous streaming and digital platforms. CMG's TV portfolio includes multiple primary affiliates of ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Telemundo and MyNetworkTV, as well as several valuable news and independent stations. For more information about CMG, visit 

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