What are the responsibilities and job description for the Executive Producer position at FOX13 Memphis?
Executive Producer
FOX13 Memphis is looking for an experienced newsroom leader who thrives in a fast-paced, breaking news environment to become our next Executive Producer. This leader will oversee the editorial direction of our evening newscasts, helping to shape the station’s daily coverage while leading a team dedicated to delivering impactful journalism across every platform.
The ideal candidate is a strong storyteller, decisive leader, and collaborative coach who understands what matters to the Mid-South. You'll work alongside reporters, anchors, photographers, digital producers, and newsroom leadership to ensure our coverage is urgent, accurate, compelling, and reflects the communities we serve.
If you're passionate about breaking news, investigative journalism, enterprise reporting, and producing winning newscasts that connect with viewers wherever they consume news, we'd love to hear from you.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of producers, helping them grow editorially and creatively.
- Oversee the editorial direction and daily execution of FOX13's evening newscasts, including story selection, showcasing, pacing, teases, and overall presentation.
- Drive coverage that is urgent, relevant, visual, and focused on the issues that matter most to viewers across the Mid-South.
- Collaborate closely with newsroom managers, anchors, reporters, photographers, digital producers, and assignment editors to create seamless, multiplatform coverage.
- Help lead coverage of breaking news, severe weather, major investigations, and community-impact stories.
- Ensure every newscast reflects the highest standards of journalistic accuracy, fairness, and ethical reporting.
- Make sound editorial decisions under deadline pressure while balancing live, developing, and enterprise coverage.
- Use audience data, research, and competitive analysis to continuously improve our newscasts and digital performance.
- Foster a newsroom culture built on collaboration, innovation, accountability, and coaching.
What You’ll Bring:
- Five or more years of television news producing experience, with previous newsroom leadership or executive producer experience preferred.
- A proven track record of producing compelling, competitive newscasts in a fast-paced newsroom.
- Exceptional news judgment, strong writing skills, and a passion for impactful storytelling.
- The ability to lead calmly and confidently during breaking news and severe weather coverage.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and time management skills.
- Experience with ENPS or similar newsroom systems and a strong understanding of digital, streaming, and social media platforms.
- A collaborative leadership style with a passion for coaching journalists and building strong teams.
- A relentless commitment to serving the community through trusted journalism.
Nice to Have:
- Experience covering major breaking news, public safety, and severe weather.
- Experience leading coverage across broadcast, digital, streaming, and social platforms.
- A creative approach to showcasing stories and developing enterprise content that sets FOX13 apart from the competition.
- A desire to mentor producers and elevate storytelling beyond the traditional rundown.
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