Producer, Law Enforcement & Guns

Full Time Job
Location: New York, New York, United States of America

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Your New Role…
CNN is seeking a producer to cover US crime and law enforcement.

Your Role Accountabilities…
• Work with CNN's Crime & Punishment team of correspondents, producers and editors to report on stories about crime and law matters at large.
• Cultivate sources among state and local agencies, advocacy groups, legal experts and others to break news and drive coverage.
• Experience in covering law enforcement and/or the courts preferred.
• Understanding of using social media and online tools to assist reporting.
• Monitor internal news gathering threads, on-air interviews and reporting, and competing news outlets' coverage to coordinate with editors about needed content for CNN platforms.
• Generate, pitch and execute creative enterprise and day of news story ideas for television and digital.
• Collaborate with editors, photojournalist, guest bookers, show and segment producers to create compelling packages for the network.
• Produce live segments, both in the field or in the studio or from remote network locations
• Oversee and manage production of reporter packages from concept to delivery; including idea generation, story research, news gathering, writing and postproduction.
• Writing scripts with varied reporter support
• Leveraging skills in field producing, interviewing in person and remotely, creating and signing off on graphics as research and other postproduction elements and signing off on graphics as research and other postproduction elements.

Qualifications
& Experience…
• The successful candidate for this position will have a minimum of 6 years or more years of editorial experience, including writing and package production and field production at either a cable or broadcast network.
• A strong interest in crime is essential.
• Position requires outstanding news judgment, critical and strategic thinking, organization skills, and an ability to be persistent yet diplomatic.
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Continuously develop and maintain sources that result in original reporting and sourcing for CNN.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced news environment that is 24 hours/ 365 days a year, including last minute travel.
• Degree in Journalism or equivalent work experience.

How We Get Things Done…

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The Legal Bits…
In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. $84,000.00 - $156,000.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@warnermedia.com.