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News/Special Projects Producer - KBTX

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.

KBTX Media operates the CBS and CW affiliates in Bryan-College Station, Texas, serving an 18-county area known as the Brazos Valley. For over 65 years, KBTX has been the ratings leader and dominant choice for local news and entertainment. Our team produces six newscasts each weekday, three each weekend, a breaking news digital channel, and a daily lifestyle show, totaling more than 40 hours of programming each week. KBTX is routinely recognized among the best in the state by organizations including the Associated Press, RTDNA, and the Lone Star EMMY Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In 2023, the station was honored to receive a National Edward R. Murrow Award, three regional Murrow Awards, a National Gracie Award, and the Texas Association of Broadcasters' Bonner McLane Public Service Award. KBTX is also a recent Texas AP Broadcasters/Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas Station of the Year and Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Station of the Year. KBTX has helped launch the careers of many well-known journalists, meteorologists, and network and production executives, and takes pride in helping talent grow quickly into the nation's largest television markets.

Job Summary/Description: KBTX is looking for an innovative newscast producer to join our award-winning team. We're seeking someone who lives for urgent, impactful coverage of what's new, now and next, and excels in breaking news and weather situations.

Daily, you'll oversee the region's top-rated newsmagazine show, working with a team of journalists from varied backgrounds to create a program that resonates with viewers. You'll also take an active role in guiding our digital news updates, using our CTV studio to help grow cross-platform audiences. You'll also be at the helm of KBTX's award-winning sports programming, including Friday Football Fever, our weekly high school highlights show, and Aggie Gameday, KBTX's long-running Texas A&M football pregame show. You must approach each assignment with a passion for great, human stories, enjoy and remain active on social media, and constantly be competing for the day's top story. If you have a passion for journalism and a talent for storytelling, this is the job for you. Great writing and a willingness to learn will earn you this position.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Researching, writing, and editing daily content for television and web platforms
• Producing a quality, accurate show that resonates with key demographics
• Identifying the day's most important stories and sourcing materials relevant to your audience
• Working with management and staff to generate stories and content
• Meeting daily deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Planning and timing show how to meet ratings goals

Qualifications/Requirements:

• At least one year of experience in a TV newsroom, as well as a college degree in broadcast journalism or a related field, is preferred.
• Experience with ENPS or EDIUS non-linear editing software is a big plus.
• Candidates should also exhibit a good work ethic, strong people skills, the ability to be a team player, and must maintain a professional attitude at all times. This position requires availability to work weekends and may require holiday work.
• Passing a drug screening and motor vehicle records check is a condition of employment. Gray Television, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and participates in E-Verify.

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.

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