Ozarks First in Springfield, Missouri is hiring a morning newscast producer. We are looking for someone who understands time management and can handle deadline stress. You must have a passion for writing and storytelling. And it’s incredibly important that you are a team player and a collaborator.

The producer builds the rundown, writes news scripts, edits the video, creates graphics, communicates with the team, and times the broadcast. Anyone who wants to be considered for the role must be willing to work 12a-8a.

What is Required:

• Take an active role in daily editorial discussions

• Select stories and organize them into a cohesive sequence

• Clear, concise, conversational writing skills

• Copyedit stories and spellcheck graphics

• Write creative headlines and teases

• Edits video and sound

• Adjust a rundown to add breaking news

• Time a newscast from our control room

• Communicate effectively with anchors, multi-media journalists, photographers, meteorologists, sports, digital, news managers, production, and engineering staff

Additional Skills:

• Fluency in English with strong spelling and grammar

• Willing to learn our computer systems and programs

• Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments, and handle multiple tasks

• Flexibility to work any shift, with some late notice of shift and schedule changes

Education: Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 310,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All America,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.

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