Overview and Responsibilities:
CBS News Colorado is looking for a Web Producer to support our Covering Colorado First strategic vision on cbscolorado.com and Colorado’s exclusive 24-hour live, local streaming channel. Strong candidates will implement daily stream editorial tasks. The producer will also work with the control room teams managing, optimizing, and timing live and on-demand video content for mobile, desktop, and OTT platforms. The role requires close coordination with the assistant news director, EPs, and managing editor to implement live and taped community journalism coverage.
The producer must have superb news judgment, excellent writing skills, and ability to thrive on the dynamism of a fast-paced newsroom while remaining calm during breaking news. The candidate should be editorially intuitive and curious.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Writing AP-style copy stories for cbscolorado.com. Thinking proactively about website and streaming content. Demonstrating expertise in timing in a control room environment. Coding rundown content at the direction of the show producers regarding video, graphics, scripts, and other elements. Anticipating the needs of cbscoloado.com and stream.Basic Qualifications: At least 3 years of experience in crafting and building show rundowns in broadcast, or digital environments. Strong knowledge of SEO. Demonstrated success operating in a fast-paced control room. Ability to work under extremely tight deadlines to write headlines and edit videos for live digital broadcasts. Detailed knowledge of social media and the competitive digital news environment. Available for early mornings, nights, overnights, weekends, and holidays as this is a 24-hour business.
Additional Qualifications: Experience with Prism, Crispin, and iNews is a plus. Social media experience is helpful.
CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. markets, the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News Streaming local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nation’s #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O’DONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSNews.com, CBS News Radio and podcasts, Paramount +, all digital platforms, and the CBS News Streaming Network, the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service that is available free to everyone with access to the internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations’ top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News’ streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as CBSNews.com and Paramount+. The service is available live in 91 countries. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today’s digital age. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast news division.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Hiring Salary Range: $49,000.00 - 64,260.00.
The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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