Associate Producer, Planning
CBS News
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CBS News is the news and information division of CBS, dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today's digital age. Headquartered in the famed CBS Broadcast Center in New York, CBS News has bureaus across the globe and produces influential, critically acclaimed programs providing original reporting, interviews, investigations, analysis and breaking news 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
CBS News provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSN, CBSNews.com, CBS News Radio and CBS Mobile. CBS News is home to the nation's #1 news program, ''60 MINUTES,'' ''CBSN,'' the 24/7 digital streaming news network, and the award-winning broadcasts ''CBS THIS MORNING,'' co-hosted by Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil, the ''CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O'DONNELL,'' ''CBS SUNDAY MORNING, ''48 HOURS,'' ''CBS THIS MORNING: SATURDAY,'' and ''FACE THE NATION.''
CBS News is seeking an Associate Producer to help maintain CBSN's news event and coverage calendar.
Our ideal candidate has a demonstrated ability to coordinate with Managers and show teams on planning future coverage, and collaborate with departments across CBSN, CBS Digital, the CBS News broadcast team and other Viacom properties. A hardworking journalist you are equally interested in national and international news, and thrive on organization and the details. You enjoy working in a fast-paced news environment, writing pitches, researching segments and pre-producing special coverage. If this sounds like you come join us!
Responsibilities:
• Maintain CBSN's news event and coverage calendar
• Communicate coverage plans across CBSN and CBS Digital
• Work closely with senior staff to produce editorial content
• Coordinate with assignment desk, booking, show teams and graphics on the planning of day-to-day and major news events
• Recognize and pitch stories with high potential for compelling and comprehensive storytelling
• Collaborate with digital reporters to develop segments based on their reporting
• Develop in-show promotion strategies including graphical elements
• Execute assignments including research, writing questions for anchors for guest segments , and exercising editorial judgment in selection of elements for segments
• Write copy for anchor and reporter voices for live segments/readers as well as writing for feature and news packages
• Work with editors to turn around pre-taped segments
• Pitch and execute special and feature segments
• Edit VO/VOSOTs
• Support special shows and projects as needed
• Order graphics and write banners for assigned stories and segments
• Coordinate video, graphics and soundbites with control room team during segments; pull specific video and soundbites
• Communicates with anchors and correspondents on segments; produce sponsored segments when needed
• Write headlines and captions for segments to be posted online
• Work with Digital Line Producers and editors to clean up and update segments after they air
• Work closely with senior staff to produce editorial content
• Coordinate with assignment desk, booking, show teams and graphics on the planning of day-to-day and major news events
• Recognize and pitch stories with high potential for compelling and comprehensive storytelling
• Develop in-show promotion strategies including graphical elements
• Gather elements during breaking news as needed
• Work with editors to turn around pre taped segments
• Pitch and execute special and feature segments
This is a position covered under the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the WGA-E.
Qualifications:
• 3 years work experience in broadcast and digital - ideally with some segment producing experience
• Hands on newsroom experience gathering elements during breaking news
• Basic knowledge of current events, politics and pop culture, and control room operations
• Ability to research and write questions for anchors for guest segments, exercising editorial judgment in selection of elements for segments
• Ability to pitch and execute special and feature segments
• Coordinate video, graphics and soundbites with control room team during segments
• Abilty to communicate with anchors and correspondents on segments; produce sponsored segment as needed
• Experience writing headlines and captions for segments to be posted online
• Work with Digital Line Producers and editors to clean up and update segments after they air
• Command of AP style and broadcast writing.
• Familiarity and working knowledge of digital video production-related techniques and online content management
• Sophisticated knowledge of current events, politics and pop culture.
• Availability to work early morning, nights, weekends, holidays - this is a 24-hour network
You might also have -
• Knowledge about social media and the competitive digital news environment
• Familiarity with ENPS
• Basic video editing skills
• Experience shooting video is a plus.