Associate Producer

This is a Full Time Job

The associate Sunrise producer is the understudy to the Sunrise producer and, in effect, a co-producer of the show. He or she is capable of producing the newscast when the producer calls in sick or goes on vacation.

This full-time permanent job is an excellent entry-level position for a serious journalist who aspires to a career on-air or as a producer.

Since we operate stations in two languages, the ability to speak and write in both English and Spanish is strongly desired.

Traditionally, the associate Sunrise producer has been the understudy to the Sunrise producer and the heir apparent to that job. He/She is, in effect, a co-producer of the show. It's someone capable of producing the newscast when the producer calls in sick or goes on vacation.

The associate producer produces the guest segments, writes intros for syndicated feed stories and pitches in wherever needed. If ready for an on-air introduction, this producer might appear on the morning broadcast.

The associate producer runs the assignment desk during the newscast and handles guests. A key part of this is monitoring the newsfeeds and scanners and writing breaking news stories for the producer, who is in the booth during the show.

After the newscast ends at 7 a.m., the associate producer, working with other members of the Sunrise staff, plans future newscasts.

This newscast is aimed at moms, but it's a real newscast, not a female-oriented chat show. We do our share of water cooler stories and cute-pet videos, but we aim for stories that tell fathers and mothers how to keep their families safe or how to run a more efficient household.