Associate Producer
CBS News
New York, NYThis was removed by the employer on 2/16/2022 1:10:00 PM PST
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CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. markets, CBSN, CBSN Local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nation's #1 news program 60 MINUTES, CBSN, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O'DONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations also produces the award-winning 60 MINUTES for Paramount . CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSNews.com, CBSN, CBS News Radio and podcasts, CBS Mobile, Paramount and other digital platforms. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today's digital age. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast network.
CBS Saturday Morning is seeking an inquisitive, creative, and enterprising Associate Producer with strong research skills and solid News writing experience. If you have a firm command of journalistic standards, a keen attention to detail, and excellent newsgathering skills, we are looking for you to join our growing team!
This role is responsible for helping produce live interview segments as well as writing and producing feature packages. You must have field experience and diplomacy working with high-profile guests. They must also have a strong proficiency in visual graphics and elements to support such interviews.
Responsibilities:
• Exercise editorial judgment in selection of content
• Write copy for anchor as well as writing for feature and news packages
• Research and write questions for anchors for guest segments
• Pitch & execute special, feature & recurring segments
• Pulling specific video and soundbites
• Coordinating with correspondents, guests, and anchors to inform them on segment subject matter
• Helping in control room duties such as affiliate hits and fixes for later feeds
• Pitch and execute stories
Preferred education, experience and certification requirements:
• 4 years work experience in TV news
• Must be willing to work overnights and weekends, if needed
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment, deal with intense deadline pressure, and react with hard-working programming ideas and creative storytelling
• Strong communication skills
• You are a self-starter while also taking direction from producers and senior producers
• Strong editorial judgement and excellent writing skills
• Understanding of newsgathering and transmission technology
• Strong research skills and familiarity with public and private records databases, such as Lexis Nexis