Freelance Line Producer, MSNBC Weekends – Ayman

MSNBC is looking for an experienced Line Producer for Ayman.

Responsibilities:

• Assist senior producer in creating daily broadcast by executing editorial vision of day.
• Serve as backup senior producer.
• Oversee daily rundown changes.
• Supervise editorial content of newscast.
• Use leadership skills to motivate, mentor and manage employees.
• Write news scripts and teases.
• Work with show director and production crew.
• Oversee all in-show graphics and story titles.
• Work with senior producer to approve (copy edit) all scripts.
• Pitch story ideas (day-of, next day, futures).
• Initiate planning process.

In Control Room:

• Preview accuracy of upcoming video, graphics and chyron.
• Preview upcoming stories and segments.
• Communicate with guests and correspondents-time cues, roll cues, thank-you’s.
• Communicate with control room staff-director, teleprompter operator, chyron operator and TPM.
• Time newscast.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Must have at least 5 years of experience in live television (i.e. morning shows, cable shows, broadcast TV, etc.).
• Must have at 1 year of line producing experience.
• Editorial experience in a fast-paced news room environment, ability to anticipate and respond quickly to change.
• Experience in story first journalism approach.

Desired Qualifications:

· Possess ability to develop story ideas, research and plan segments.

· Exceptional editorial skills: Ability to recognize stories with high potential for provocative, compelling television.

· Knowledge of current events, politics and pop culture.

· Wide-range reader of news, including op-eds.

· Strong writing skills.

· Expert tease writer.

Additional Job Requirements:

· Must be willing to work in New York, NY.

· Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.

· Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, under tight deadline pressure, including breaking news.

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