Associate News Producer Wkyt

About Gray Media

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation s largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 45 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households.

The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray s additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and Power Nation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

About WKYT: WKYT-TV is home to the CBS and CW affiliates in Lexington, KY. The station sits amongst picturesque horse farms in the Thoroughbred Capital of the World. The Lexington DMA (#63) provides a competitive news environment, and WKYT has emerged as the news leader, producing over 65 hours of news per week. Our team of award-winning professionals thrives in a fast-paced, yet fun, environment.

Lexington is home to a thriving downtown scene, phenomenal restaurants and breweries, and Keeneland Race Course, the most beautiful horse track you ll ever visit.

WKYT in Lexington, KY, has an opportunity for an associate producer to coordinate the gathering of news, the generation of story ideas, the scheduling and assignment of coverage, and the delivery of news material.

• Work with news management, producers, and reporters to plan well-rounded news coverage.
• Maintain extensive working files of possible stories, background information, and news sources.
• Gather information about news as it develops and communicate it effectively and accurately to the production team.
• Collaborate with managers and producers to select stories for coverage and to keep them up to date.
• Schedule and order facilities, including satellite time.
• Assign and coordinate the distribution of news gathering equipment.
• Take an active role in planning in-depth series and special coverage, acting as a producer or reporter as called for.
• Work accurately under pressure.
• Dispatch news crews, maintain schedule logs, deal with telephone story tips, listen to police radios, read newswires and e-mail, and stay in contact with sources in order to stay up to date with breaking news.
• Write stories when assigned, train less experienced personnel, and represent WKYT in a courteous and professional manner.

• The ideal candidate needs a minimum of 1 year of journalism experience.
• Must have a commitment to journalistic standards of ethics and accuracy with an enthusiasm for journalism.
• Must possess the ability to communicate effectively with general knowledge and interest in local, national, and world news.
• Basic computer knowledge/word processing skills are preferred.
• A bachelor s degree is preferred.

If you feel you re qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on "apply now", upload your resume, cover letter, and references

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