Executive Producer – WHIO TV

Location:OH-Dayton
Job Title: Executive Producer – WHIO TV
Position Overview
WHIO TV Dayton, the #1 CBS affiliate in the Nation is looking for anExecutive Producer who isresponsible for overseeing the production value and relentless execution of newscasts by a team of producers in our multi-platform newsroom. The Executive Producer will work with producers to craft newscasts that deliver valuable, impactful, well-paced content in a creative and relevant way, utilizing research-based goals. The Executive Producer must ensure each newscast OWNS weather, breaking news and traffic coverage. He or she must be a visionary who can lead innovation efforts in showcasing of our reporters, investigative and enterprise stories. The Executive Producer also plays a critical role in carrying out “choreography” between TV, digital and radio-the use of digital, social and radio to drive viewers to newscasts, and the use of newscasts to drive viewers to digital, streaming content and radio. The Executive Producer will also communicate with Breaking News & Assignment Desk leaders about story development. Finally, were looking for a motivating, people-oriented leader, with excellent communication skills wholl coach and develop producers and work with them to evolve our newscasts for the future.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Oversee newscasts, making sure they meet research goals and the mission of being the go-to source for weather, breaking news and enterprise-investigative content
Must possess solid news judgment
Oversee digital choreography with digital team and producers; the use of push alerts to drive viewers to watch and engage with our ancillary digital-social content
Supervise Producers, make sure newscasts contain valuable, easy and clear content
Oversee that newscast stories contain content, relevance, perspective-inject live throughout newscasts-we plan for moments of authenticity with anchors/reporters
Supervise Producers to execute tease and “meter click-point” strategies-emotion, nat sound
Ensure newscasts regularly showcase and execute process language
Ensure innovation, creativity is used to showcase stories-use of set, graphics, maps, live cams
Read scripts, putting new information and value at the top; forward writing, pointing to previous or exclusive coverage
Copy edit newscasts for accuracy, spelling and grammar
Maximize use of graphics, maps, pre-production to make newscast clear and easy to understand
Work with directors to ensure ideas can be executed with our control room automation system
Attend editorial meetings and regularly contribute story ideas
Supervise producers to ensure newscast contains content from core counties, our viewing area
Coordinate Producer and Writer schedules, approving hours worked and PTO
Conduct reviews of Producers and Writers in collaboration with the Managing Editor
Lead continuous live coverage of breaking news and weather; help with special coverage plans
Hold newscast reviews and critiques
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors degree from 4-year college or university in Journalism, Communications related field
Minimum 3 years professional TV newscast producing experience required
Ability to be a coach, motivating leader and effective communicator who can work in a team environment is required
Please provide links to newscasts that demonstrate your skills with breaking news, weather, as well as your innovative showcasing and creativity with stories and newscast set
About Cox Media Group
CMG Media Corporation (d/b/a Cox Media Group) is an industry-leading media company with unparalleled brands, award-winning content, and exceptional team members. CMG provides valuable local and national journalism and entertainment content to the people and communities it serves. The companys businesses encompass 14 high-quality, market-leading television brands in 9