Producer, KGUN

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Join a team of creative storytellers who thrive under pressure and believe journalism can make a real difference. KGUN 9, the E.W. Scripps ABC affiliate in Tucson, is seeking a mission-driven Producer who shares our commitment to impactful storytelling and community connection. This role offers the perfect opportunity for deadline-driven professionals to create and organize compelling content for multiple platforms while upholding the highest journalistic values and unleashing your creativity.

• Develop and organize newscasts or local programs
• Write story development and showcasing
• Collaborate with reporters, anchors, news managers and assignment editors to determine content needs
• Enhance content with graphics, video, research, and station branding
• Execute time sensitive decisions
• Oversee live broadcast and up to the minute editorial decisions
• Perform desktop editing
• Post content to station's Web sites
• Perform other duties as assigned

• BS/BA in related discipline preferred or equivalent years of experience
• Generally, 2+ years of experience in related field preferred

• Avid local news consumer: knows daily news, events, trends and happenings on a local level
• Strong vision and ability to advance stories
• Excellent interpersonal communicator
• Extraordinarily passionate about writing; courageous and creative storyteller with attention to even tiny details - choosing the perfect words, grammar, spelling
• Highly organized
• Highly adaptable - fast paced, deadline driven environment
• Strong self-motivation
• Working knowledge of journalistic ethics and libel laws and strong editorial judgement
• Able to use web analytics
• Proficient with newsroom computer systems, MS Office a plus
• Flexible work hours may be required, including holidays, weekends and evenings

Tucson, Arizona offers an incredible blend of desert beauty, rich cultural heritage, and year-round sunshine. As Arizona's second-largest city, Tucson boasts a vibrant downtown arts district, world‑renowned cuisine influenced by its proximity to Mexico, and stunning natural landscapes. The city is surrounded by five mountain ranges and offers easy access to outdoor adventures including hiking in Saguaro National Park, exploring the Santa Catalina Mountains, and enjoying over 350 days of sunshine annually.

The area is home to the University of Arizona and features a thriving tech industry, historic neighborhoods, and a cost of living that's more affordable than many major metropolitan areas. From the colorful murals of the Tucson Mural Project to the historic Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson offers a unique Southwestern lifestyle where desert sunsets paint the sky in brilliant colors every evening.

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Furthermore, the company will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship for the company.

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