NewsNation Segment Producer, The Hill (Washington, DC)
Nexstar Media Group
NewsNation is looking for a Segment Producer to join the network and work on the daily political program The Hill. The Segment Producer is responsible for contributing story ideas, compiling elements, and crafting stories and segments on a variety of topics centering on political news, domestic news and international news. The Segment Producer works with the show leadership team to help accurately and truthfully relay stories and make them part of engaging and insightful broadcasts. The position is based at the network's offices in Washington, DC.
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Research topics using the Internet, video archives, and other information sources
• Select strongest possible elements to help best tell stories
• Write clear, compelling and strong editorial copy
• Assist in preparing and executing live, compelling television newscasts.
• Keep Executive Producer and Senior Producer apprised of developments of stories
• Perform other duties as assigned by Executive Producer and Senior Producer or network leadership
Requirements & Skills:
• BA/BS degree or equivalent degree in journalism or related field
• Five or more years’ experience in national or major-market news
• Experience and background in producing political news is strongly preferred
• Must be detail-oriented and have excellent written and verbal communication skills with an eye towards grammar
• Must exhibit strong news judgment
• Must have strong broadcast writing skills
• Must be self-directing, self-motivating and able to work will with a diverse group of people
• Must interact well with on-air talent, news managers, videographers, production, digital and engineering staff
• Must be able to handle stress, including short deadlines
• Must be able to work at a computer for extended periods of time
• Must be able to work assigned shifts including holidays as needed
Salary Range: 75,000 -90,000
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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 310,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All America,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.
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