Freelance Segment Producer, Morning News NOW
NBCUniversal - New York, New York, United States,Work at NBCUniversal
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Overview
We’re looking for segment producers with experience working in LIVE news programming who can produce stories that are visually compelling/impactful and can work well with a team to make it happen.
This position is a temporary freelance position, the assignment is approximately 6 – 7 weeks long.
Responsibilities/Job Duties
write and produce strong editorial copy with speed and accuracy in a fast-paced environmentlive segments for live morning show, including writing sharp questions and identifying the strongest possible elementsthe most relevant, timely and compelling ideas for day-of and future segmentsand juggle producing multiple stories for regular and breaking-news programmingand edit the best video and sound for assigned storiescheck all video contentsenior producers and the EP up to date with daily news development of assigned stories
Basic Qualifications
have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of relevant working experiencebeen working in broadcast, digital or cable news for 5+ years – preferably working on live daily shows or in and around a control roomand ability to work overnight/early morning hoursbe willing and able to work flexible hours, under tight deadline pressure, including breaking news.
Desired Qualificationsgot thorough knowledge of current eventseditorial judgment and writing skillsgot big ideas and the journalistic writing and research skills to bring them to lifefamiliar with iNEWS, can search and edit footage and cut your own VOs and SOTsthe news cycle calls you answer, even on weekends or late nights or after you’ve already put in a long daylive for the moments when news is breaking and time to air is short