Producer, The Evening Edit
Fox News Channel
New York, NYThis was removed by the employer on 9/17/2019 12:05:00 PM PST
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JOB DESCRIPTION
The Evening Edit is looking for a Producer to join the team! As the Evening Edit Producer, you produce complex and multiple guest segments as well as reporter hits. Additionally, you find and pitch unique angles, write scripts, create banners and graphics, and find video to best illustrate the story. As the Producer, you also pitch stories and guests and handle research for a variety of topics. You serve as the backup Line Producer when the Line Producer is out.
A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
• Construct and manage the rundown, timing the show and managing the workflow with the show producers, the Assignment Desk, Edit and other key units
• Ensure that scripts are accurate and complete, ensuring that elements are up to date and correct
• Oversee the work-flow of reporters in-house and in the field
• Keep a sharp eye out for breaking News headlines from a host of sources, including wire services, online News sites and Twitter feeds of various newsmakers, elected officials, companies and top executives
• Identify and flag breaking News
• Communicate breaking News to the control room staff, and help to produce it out
• Write copy to reflect the News, Source the News, corroborating the News with our own Network sourcing, and build elements to help tell News stories
• Excel at distilling complex issues in real time and then reporting it out in a quick and clear fashion
• Turn around new video and sound that comes in during the show, as well as real-time fact-checking claims by guests.
• Keep a close eye on what the competition is covering during the hour we are on air, and alert the control staff if they are covering something that we are not, be it a story or a key guest
• Take a lead in mentoring the production staff
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
• At least 2 years' experience as a Producer/Line Producer with a daily News progra
• Careful listening skills so that nothing slips by the staff during the show
• A passion for breaking News and comfortability pivoting on a dime to react to breaking News
• Comfortability dealing with high-profile talent and guests
• A natural self-starter with a can-do attitude and a zest for teamwork
• A solid grasp of writing for TV News in general and in particular, where economic, political and financial News intersect
• A solid handle on the key economic and corporate News driving the markets and driving Main Street, as well as a deep understanding of the political climate in general and of political policy on economic and financial matters in particular
• Copy should be fact-based yet colorful, and it should push the story forward instead of rehashing an earlier headline
• Proven experience as a skilled teases writer; catchy and attention grabbing writing skills, without giving away too much of the story.
• Creative vision to illustrate stories, be it guest intros, reporter intros or teases.
• A keen eye on how to use video, graphics and sound bites to help illustrate stories and to help set the segment apart from the herd.