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Form of workWGN-TV is searching for a Producer of Digital Content with the right mix of news judgment, creativity, and command of all things digital and social.
Responsibilities:
- Prepares, writes, copy-edits and posts news, sports, community, programming and promotional content from television and other sources for the web site, mobile platforms, and social media sites
- Curates original story ideas and content
- Writes headlines that grow audience and engagement
- Maintains the home page and builds special sections for breaking news and other ongoing coverage efforts
- Produces videos to accompany online articles
- Monitors real-time metrics to guide content decisions and reach goals for pageviews and video views
- Administers and moderates social media pages including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
- Works closely with news, programming, promotions, and sales departments
- Ensures factual, grammatical and legal accuracy online and upholds the station's established journalistic standards to avoid editorial bias
Requirements and Skills:
- Two (2) years of experience as a digital news producer or related experience
- Must be familiar with Wordpress and AP writing style
- Must have strong news judgment and work with the assignment desk to plan daily stories and content
- Excellent writing and editing skills, attention to detail
- Familiarity with news writing and journalistic standards
- Ability to function under extreme deadline pressure
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