Assistant Producer, Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC is seeking an Assistant Producer to support the development and production of long-form investigative and true-crime programming. The Assistant Producer will work closely with producers, senior producers, correspondents, and production teams on stories from initial research and development through field production, editing, and broadcast.

Responsibilities
• Conduct research and reporting for stories in development and production, including background research, court and public-record searches, archival research, and fact gathering
• Help organize and maintain story materials, research, timelines, contact information, interview notes, records, transcripts, and other production documents
• Support interview preparation, including research packets, chronologies, background materials, and suggested areas of questioning
• Assist with field production, including coordinating logistics, gathering material, supporting interviews and shoots, and working with production crews
• Help obtain photographs, video, court records, police material, archival footage, and other editorial elements needed for the broadcast
• Review, log, transcribe, and organize interview and field material
• Work with producers during the edit process by locating material, confirming information, and helping identify appropriate visual and editorial elements
• Fact-check names, dates, locations, quotations, graphics, and other editorial information

Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 1 year of journalism, news, documentary, television, or related production experience.
• Strong research, reporting, writing, organizational, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated interest in long-form journalism and storytelling as well as criminal justice.
• Willingness to travel and work flexible hours when required by breaking news, trials, shoots, or production schedules.

Additional Requirements
• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, which currently requires contributing from the office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in-office requirements at any time.