ABOUT TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
KUSA-TV, the TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate located in Denver, CO is seeking a curious, creative, and ambitious Producer to shape our daily newscasts. We’ll choose the candidate who is a risk-taker and a creator with a talent for showcasing information for our audience.
We prioritize breaking news and weather, investigative journalism, and original storytelling as key components of our newscasts apart in Colorado. We’re looking for someone with a proven ability to create, produce and write news of the day as well as unique content with real personality and energy to captivate and hold the audience. We value a collaborative, motivated journalist who works well within a team to bring the truth to our audience.
The core values of 9NEWS are bravery, integrity, passion, curiosity, and inclusivity.

REQUIREMENTS:

• College degree in journalism, communications or similar
• 1-3 years full-time newscast producing experience
• Skills in producing engaging, content-driven newscasts and digital content
• Strong social media skills to deliver content and listen for ideas
• Knowledge of ENPS, Edius, and Axis graphics a plus
• Organizational skills and the ability to work under time pressure deadlines
• Ability to calmly handle live, breaking news situations and changing events
• Shifts could include overnight hours, holidays and weekends.

• Craft compelling newscasts that embrace breaking news, enterprise content, emotion, and showcasing
• Work directly with Executive Producer & news leaders to consistently build a high-quality news show
• Quickly react to breaking news and manage the show’s timing
• Booth continuous coverage on broadcast and live streams for breaking news, weather coverage, and community events
• Use our extensive toolkit along with your own creative production techniques to enhance stories
• Advocate for underrepresented people, communities and viewpoints to have a voice and presence in your show
• Write in an exciting, accurate, and creative way
• Enterprise news stories
• Research stories to ensure they are factual and ascertain sources’ credibility
• Use social media and digital tools to research, discover, and produce content
• Lead and inspire a team to work together for a great newscast
• Perform other tasks as required by supervisor or executive producer
• And most of all…have fun