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Who we are: Spectrum Networks is a series of 27 hyper-local news and 9 regional sports networks owned and operated by Charter Communications, Inc. Spectrum Networks seeks to provide the most essential local news and information, cultivating relevant and thoughtful conversations that foster informed and engaged communities.

The Environment: Spectrum News is a 24-hour breaking news network which requires employees who are flexible and available to work various shift, including early morning, late evenings,
weekends and holidays.

Being on our team means … You’re ready to inspire and be inspired! You’re passionate, creative and highly technical, driven to flourish in a competitive, fast-paced environment. You’re fiercely accurate, with a desire to leverage your knowledge, skills and abilities to share news stories to viewers in our local communities. You’re nimble, having the ability to pivot in an ever-changing workflow. You are a team player with a positive attitude and strong interpersonal skills. You have the ability to multi-task, meet tight deadlines and remain calm under pressure.

What we’re looking for: The Associate Producer will research and write news scripts for assigned shows and newscasts. Contribute to special features and stories. Participate in coordinating coverage of major stories, breaking news and specials.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Write news stories for an assigned show and/or newscast, ensuring content is factually correct and written in a clear and concise conversational style
• Verify stories are written to the pictures being edited and/or vice versa
• Follow through on all assignments meeting required deadlines, including contributing to story ideas and development
• Fill-in producing shows and newscasts as needed
• Conduct pre-interviews and on-camera interviews
• Participate in shooting, scripting and editing, as directed
• Perform editing functions as needed
• Work in a computerized newsroom environment
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:
Skills/Abilities and Knowledge

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
• Strong broadcast news writing ability
• Ability to anticipate situations and meet strict deadlines
• Interpersonal skills and excellent collaboration skills
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment and interact with all personnel within the organization
• Knowledge of current events and industry trends
• Attention to detail
• Familiarity with the local market
• Knowledge of social media platforms
• Must be able to work rapidly and accurately
• Working knowledge of general office computer software, newsroom software and basic non-linear editing systems a plus
• Basic editing skills
• Must be able and willing to work different shifts and be flexible with schedule changes

Education & Experience:

• High School diploma required; Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism or related field or comparable television work experience preferred
• 2+ years of Television news experience

Our Culture: Every employee is an influencer and culture keeper. We expect respectful communication (despite pressure), openness to feedback, an eagerness to learn, and an overall positive attitude! Roles may require the following:

• Overtime may be required to meet deadlines
• Varying schedule due to, breaking news and/or daily news coverage requirements
• Provide 24×7, 365 days per year, on-call support. May entail phone or physical presence at the facility for equipment failure or other disasters. This includes, but is not limited to equipment and power failures, loss of contracted services, storms or severe weather, and schedule conflicts

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WFMZ is a highly regarded news operation with offices in Allentown and Reading, PA, serving the northern half of the Philadelphia DMA. We’re seeking an experienced journalist to assist reporters, producers, and photojournalists with story set up and phone-based information gathering in our Reading, PA office. Leadership and people skills, persuasion and multi-tasking needed. Please mention Job #Z411 in all correspondence. EOE

Duties Include:

• Leads the morning and afternoon editorial meetings
• Generates story leads and ideas, and organizes staff pitches for future use
• Researches and develops background on potential and working stories
• Assists reporters and producers with information gathering and interview set-up
• Builds relationships with local sources, including the district attorney, coroner, local police chiefs and politicians
• Follows up on developments in ongoing stories, including court cases
• Plans ahead for next day and future news coverage
• Monitors first responder radios
• Handles calls from the public
• May write stories for television or web use

Spectrum Networks is looking for enthusiastic, talented and driven individuals to join the best and brightest in gathering, producing and delivering stories that make a difference within our community! Our commitment is to engage viewers with relevant, character-driven stories that are important to the local communities we serve.

Who we are: Spectrum Networks is a series of 30 + local news and regional sports networks owned and operated by Charter Communications, Inc. Spectrum Networks seeks to provide the most essential local news and information, cultivating relevant and thoughtful conversations that foster informed and engaged communities.

The Environment: Spectrum News operates in a 24-hour news cycle which can require employees to be flexible and available to work various shifts, including early morning, late evenings, weekends and holidays.

Being on our team means … You’re ready to inspire and be inspired! You’re passionate, creative and highly technical, driven to tell amazing stories that mean something to our communities. You’re fiercely accurate, with a desire to leverage your knowledge, skills and abilities to share news stories across multiple platforms. You’re nimble, having the ability to pivot in an ever-changing workflow. You are a team player with a positive attitude and strong interpersonal skills.

What we’re looking for: A Senior Producer has a creative eye for original content and coverage of major stories, breaking news and specials. You are responsible for making decisions to ensure the live broadcasts are factually correct and concise. You will act as a supervisor for specific shifts, working alongside Associate and Executive Producers.

Qualifications:

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
• Strong broadcast news writing ability, including tease writing
• Strong attention to detail
• Solid news judgement and passion for news
• Knowledge of current events and industry trends
• Familiarity with the local market
• Knowledge of social media platforms
• Must be able to work rapidly and accurately
• Leads and assigns the work of others
• Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities and work under time pressure deadline
• Working knowledge of general office computer software, newsroom software and basic non-linear editing systems
• Ability to anticipate situations and meet strict deadlines
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment and interact with all personnel within the organization
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills and ability to clearly communicate solutions

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, communications or related field or comparable television work experience preferred
• 4+ years of Television news producing experience
• 3+ years of Line producing experience

Working Conditions:

• Normal office environment
• Works primarily inside a climate-controlled environment throughout the year but might be assigned field duties on occasion
• Works in an open newsroom setting with a semi-noisy environment
• Ability to work various shifts, longer shifts, weekends and holidays, and be flexible with schedule changes due to “breaking news”, and/or severe weather emergencies
• Must be able to lift up to 5 pounds

Our Culture: Every employee is an influencer and culture keeper. We expect respectful communication (despite pressure), openness to feedback, an eagerness to learn, and an overall positive attitude!

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Thousands of executives have experienced the transformative power of The Deloitte Greenhouse ® to tackle their toughest business challenges. It takes specialized skills, proven best practices, and deft executive facilitation to deliver results that are anything but business-as-usual. Our dedicated teams engineer environments and experiences-physical and virtual-for leaders and their teams to achieve breakthrough.

We are looking for authentic, motivated, organized, and creative team members with a strong sense of self-awareness and emotional intelligence. You are excited to learn new things and are energized thinking about how to help businesses solve their toughest challenges, particularly in a team-setting. Specific background, expectations, and experiences vary by role.

Interested in joining our motley crew? Find out more about what we do and what it takes to join The Deloitte Greenhouse.

Work you’ll do

The Deloitte Greenhouse® is searching for a Breakthrough Lab Producer to join the Breakthrough Experience team. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a wide array of clients to solve exciting business challenges, stretch your critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and network with executive-level clients as well as Deloitte leaders . The Breakthrough Lab producer plays an integral role in the success of labs, including:

Lab Design: In your role you will support Deloitte Greenhouse® Breakthrough lab design, which includes planning, producing, and managing all lab materials and tools (physical or digital), participating in and documenting design sessions, researching as part of the design effort, managing pre-lab interviews as appropriate, and creating an immersive experience for lab participants. We are looking for someone with strong production skills and a passion for creativity.

Lab Delivery: As a Breakthrough lab producer you will participate in day-of Breakthrough Lab delivery on an ongoing basis, which includes managing materials and technology, sharing content, playing music, serving as the main logistics point of contact, facilitating lab break-out activities under the mentorship and guidance of Lab Managers and Lab Leads, and updating lab materials in real-time as needed. Lab producers are also responsible for developing comprehensive documentation for each lab, which includes capturing notes, synthesizing, and organizing the information for documentation purposes. We are looking for someone with executive presence and attention to detail.

Project Management: Breakthrough lab producers play an important part in managing logistics and providing both operational support and underlying project management for assigned Greenhouse labs and other events in the Deloitte Greenhouse®. This includes adhering to milestones, escalating potential risks, conducting necessary reporting efforts for the team, and maintaining appropriate document management systems and team collaboration infrastructure. We are looking for someone with strong project management skills and the ability to drive progress while working independently.

Greenhouse Program Support: In addition to delivering labs, you may also have the opportunity to support national or local special projects as well as test creative and innovative approaches that could be leveraged in the Deloitte Greenhouse® portfolio. We are looking for someone who thrives in a collaborative team environment and is energized by challenging the status quo.

What we’re looking for

In this role you will exercise skills in the following areas:

• Working independently and proactively
• Managing work across multiple streams
• Operating effectively in ambiguity
• Demonstrating intentional apprenticeship
• Demonstrating strong business writing, as well as document development skills (including note taking and tailoring complex information) and structuring and formatting capabilities
• Establishing rapport and beginning to build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Taking personal ownership to ensure customers are satisfied and rendering extra services when necessary
• Recognizing the differing needs of various stakeholder groups and understanding the importance of adjusting engagement approaches accordingly
• Managing and organizing large amounts of qualitative and quantitative data
• Applying knowledge of business terms and definitions, standard business or financial reports, and common business metrics
• Beginning to understand how organizations make decisions based on strategic, financial, and market considerations

The team

We are passionate about helping executive teams break through their most critical challenges. As a Deloitte Greenhouse® Experience team member, you will have the opportunity to create bespoke, immersive, innovative, and impactful experiences (“labs”) for client teams across organizations and industries. Labs are powerful enablers for Deloitte teams to accelerate their relationships with key clients, and you will partner closely with Deloitte senior leaders to catalyze this relationship-building. You will be part of a group that strives to be the ultimate Team of Teams; one that is committed to the growth of all team members, to maintaining a customer-centric mindset, and to cultivating a culture that is fun and playful.

Qualifications

Required:

• Minimum of 2-3 years professional work experience
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Well-developed analytical skills – ability to synthesize group discussions into concise / concrete bullet points and help steer abstract dialogue into actionable themes
• Excellent presence, as well as strong writing and oral presentation skills
• Mastery of Microsoft Office (e.g. PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
• Ability to travel 25-35%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available

Preferred :

• Interest and experience with analytical methods and tools, including data visualization are desirable.

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