Social Newsgathering Producer
Disney ABC Television Group
New York, NYThis was removed by the employer on 6/23/2017 10:53:00 AM PST
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Full Time Job
ABC is seeking a motivated candidate for a Social Newsgathering producer based in New York which will be part of ABC's Social Newsgathering team. The position is responsible for discovering, authenticating, verifying ownership, and clearing user-generated content, identifying emerging social trends, social stories, social conversations and pitching story ideas based on social material that can be turned into compelling content for ABC's social, digital and television platforms.
Responsibilities
As Social Newsgathering Producer you will have a major focus on tracking National and International social trends, clearing content on social media platforms during breaking news and creating specific assignments for social outreach campaigns and developing enterprise ideas tied to social storytelling. You will also be a strong liaison between the Social Newsgathering team and all of ABC's broadcast and digital producers to make sure social content is available for all of ABC's various platforms.
You will facilitate social newsgathering training for all new hires focusing on best practices for verification and authentication.
You must be knowledgeable on various social media platforms and have a keen eye for breaking news and discovering the next trending story.
You must be able to identify new trending social platforms and be able to adapt your skills quickly to be able to source and verify content across these new platforms.
Basic Qualifications
• Strong news-gathering, social verification tools expertise, strong copy-editing and proficiency in writing for digital and social platforms.
• Fluency in social media platforms globally.
• Existing relationships with social media contacts who regularly post strong content would be a distinct advantage.
• Knowledge of programming and the ability to write code a plus.
Required Education
• Bachelors degree from accredited college
Preferred Education
• Master's degree in journalism (preferably with a social component)
Additional Information:
Equal Opportunity Employer – Female/Minority/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity