WFMY News 2, TEGNA’s CBS affiliate in Greensboro, NC is looking for an outstanding leader. The role of Executive Producer will be filled by a passionate, experienced journalist who’s great at managing people and growing talent. This person will be driven to provide the very best news coverage possible across all platforms daily, making sure our content reflects the diverse communities we represent. This person will also be able to jump in the booth to assist with covering breaking news and communication. They will also be able to produce and booth a newscast when needed. This role is responsible for leading daily editorial conversations, serving as a leader to our producers, building schedules, and coordinating with our desk, digital team and other leaders in the newsroom daily. This critical team member is also a show doctor who helps our producers elevate their newscasts on a daily basis. The ideal candidate has a track record of leading One Content teams to create relevant, meaningful, and compelling newscasts, teaching direct reports of various experience levels, and thinking strategically about multiple projects to meet the station's goals. This person has strong leadership skills, a commitment to covering breaking news and providing context and depth, can make quick editorial decisions, and has a willingness to push a team to think creatively daily. This person is also a great communicator who is cool under pressure. You will work collaboratively with other newsroom managers and teams to create innovative content for all platforms.

Responsibilities:

• This person will be driven to provide the very best news coverage possible across all platforms daily, making sure our content reflects the diverse communities we represent
• This person will also be able to jump in the booth to assist with covering breaking news and communication
• They will also be able to produce and booth a newscast when needed
• This role is responsible for leading daily editorial conversations, serving as a leader to our producers, building schedules, and coordinating with our desk, digital team and other leaders in the newsroom daily
• This critical team member is also a show doctor who helps our producers elevate their newscasts on a daily basis
• You will work collaboratively with other newsroom managers and teams to create innovative content for all platforms
• Manage and direct others with clear communication, able to make decisions under pressure
• Lead in a professional and empathetic manner
• Lead daily editorial meetings, help determine coverage plans and content distribution across newscasts and online
• Work with a team of producers to elevate newscasts and produce meaningful content targeted to our audience
• Oversee the daily editorial process
• Oversee the on-air execution of newscasts
• Proof rundowns daily for any and all errors, including facts, chyrons and graphics
• Train, develop and coach the newsroom team with a focus on mentoring content creators across all platforms to elevate storytelling
• Collaborate with the news director to execute long-term newsroom strategy
• Recruit great journalists
• Support all coordination aspects of coverage, from breaking news to enterprise story production and news specials
• Ensure news coverage meets the WFMY brand, company policies, industry codes, FCC rules and station values
• Assist with the direction of newsroom operations, review reporter scripts and manage schedules
• Work weekend, on call rotation with other news managers

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