Producer / Assignment Editor / Digital Producer (Job #Z426)

WFMZ-TV in Pennsylvania’s third largest metro area serves eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey.

We’re looking for an experienced journalist to fill a hybrid role which includes staffing the assignment desk and creating digital content on the weekends while producing newscasts 3 days during the week.

Responsibilities include:

Weekdays

Planning and blocking rundowns for television newscasts

Writing news scripts

Line-producing live broadcasts

Weekends

Coordinating crews to maximize news coverage

Assisting reporters and producers with information gathering and interview set-up

Monitoring first responder radios

Handling calls from the public

Writing and posting web and social media content.

Please mention Job #Z426 in all communications. EOE