DIGITAL NEWS CONTENT PRODUCER - KWTX

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 43 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 PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

About KWTX:

KWTX-TV News 10 is the dominant television station for the Waco-Temple-Killeen market in the heart of Central Texas. The CBS, CW, and Telemundo affiliate is the leader in every local newscast and we are first on all digital platforms. We are a First Alert Station with two mobile weather labs to track severe weather. Community service is engrained in the culture of KWTX.

Job Summary/Description: 

Digital Content Producers manage all digital platforms, including our website, news app, weather app, OTT apps, and social media platforms. Digital Content Producers fill each platform with local, regional, and trending news. Ideal candidates are detail-oriented, organized, able to work independently, and can complete multiple tasks while meeting deadlines. Candidates should be able to write in AP style and copy-edit other newsroom employee's stories. This role requires someone who is always seeking out the latest news locally, statewide, and nationally through a variety of available sources and platforms. Digital Content Producers have the daily responsibility of maintaining KWTX standards for journalism and storytelling in their work.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

- Write stories, edit, and post videos to kwtx.com, mobile apps, and station social media platforms
- Create an anchor content on KWTXtra, our live-streaming platform
- Edit video, images, and interviews to match scripts for use in newscasts and on digital sites
- Respond to breaking news and urgent newsroom situations
- Upload video and still photos to the website
- Communicate with editorial staff to post information factually, fairly, and fast to web and digital platforms
- Explore ways to increase visual content on the website and digital platforms
- Collaborate on story ideas with the news team daily
- Conduct Facebook live videos with meteorologists and reporters
- Copy-edit web story submissions from reporters and other newsroom personnel
- Livestream events using station technology on our website and social media platforms, including KWTXtra
- Monitor comments and messages on station social media platforms
- Monitor KWTX News 10 talent professional social media pages
- Create unique content such as videos, and graphics for social media posts
- Ensure that all content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality
- Perform special projects and other duties as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

- Bachelor's Degree in Journalism or related field
- Valid Driver's License and must complete the MVR process successfully
- Capable of gathering information and interviews when necessary, and conducting online research
- Computer literacy required, including ideally the ENPS news system
- Strong communication and people skills
- Competitive, energetic, self-starter who wants to win
- Strong writing and organizational skills
- Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work evenings and weekends

If you feel you’re qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on "apply now", upload your resume, cover letter, and references

(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)

KWTX-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Additional Info:

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

Gray Media encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus before the first workday.