At a glance
- Experience
- 1-3 years experience
- Location
- KFSM-TV Fayetteville
About the role
- KFSM-TV Fayetteville, the TEGNA-owned CBS affiliate in Fayetteville is seeking an innovative Producer to shape our daily newscasts.
- At KFSM-TV Fayetteville, we build creative shows that engage, educate and inform our audiences while prioritizing original storytelling and investigative journalism.
- We value a collaborative, motivated journalist who works well within a team to bring the truth to our growing audiences across platforms, starting with our streaming and broadcast services.
Responsibilities
- Use your natural curiosity to pitch compelling stories.
- Show off your creativity and storytelling skills.
- Craft stories of all lengths on all platforms for specific audiences.
- Meet daily deadlines.
- Combine live pictures, graphics, compelling video and emotional sound to create an engaging experience for our audience.
- Booth continuous coverage on our live streams for breaking news and community events.
- Consistently try new things after thoughtful discussion with supervisors.
- Allow the impactful and emotional conversations the community needs to drive the content in your rundown.
- Use data analytics to help shape the content of your show.
- Challenge traditional ways of doing things.
Requirements
- 1-3 years of news content experience.
- Top-notch communication skills are an absolute must.
- Solid journalistic judgement and a news philosophy that emphasizes accurate, fair and unique local content, along with community engagement.
- Understanding of the tenets of professional journalism.
- Skills in producing engaging, content-driven newscasts and digital content.
- Strong social media skills, including an active news hound presence on your preferred social platforms.
- Organizational skills and the ability to work under time pressure deadlines.
- Ability to calmly handle live, breaking news situations and changing events.
- Current driver's license and ability to operate news gathering vehicle to and from various locations is required.
Preferred qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree preferred in journalism, communications or related field or equivalent years of experience.
- ENPS and Edius system experience preferred.
Benefits
- Two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
- Access to dental and eye care coverage
- Fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance
- Disability and life insurance
- 401(k) program with 100% company match on contributions up to the first 4% of pay, 100% vested from day one
- Nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc
- 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health
- Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit
- Nine paid holidays per year
Skills
- ENPS
- Edius
- Social Media
