Digital Content Producer

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism, engaging content, and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions, we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. For more information, visit TEGNA.com.

WPMT-TV FOX43, the TEGNA-owned FOX affiliate in Harrisburg/York, PA, is seeking a full-time Digital Content Producer to join our team! The ideal candidate has a passion for news and writing, and a desire to grow as a journalist. In this hybrid role, you will be part assignment editor and part digital content producer blended into one position, so the ideal candidate would have a passion for breaking news and creating content.

Duties include but are not limited to: Writing news stories, gathering information, delivering content on digital platforms, answering phones, listening to police scanners, and live streaming. The position is responsible for dispatching crews, assisting crews with contacts and research, and publishing original content to the website.

Must be a strong writer and copy editor with excellent editorial judgment, time management, and multi-tasking skills, with the ability to prioritize and re-prioritize quickly.

A successful candidate will also help enterprise news through beat calls, social media, and cultivated sources.

We are looking for a proactive, outgoing, and creative candidate with the journalism experience and technical skills required for this job.

Understanding of social media audience engagement and search engine optimization techniques is also preferred.

Experience with writing using AP style is preferred.

Responsibilities: 

• Write and publish articles for FOX43 digital platforms.
• Assist with all FOX43 digital, mobile, social, and streaming products, with an emphasis on ensuring quality in content and robust SEO strategy.
• Use social media listening and digital analytics tools to keep up with the daily news cycle.
• Edit content for accuracy and ethical journalism in accordance with FOX43 and AP style guidance.
• Work alongside multi-skilled journalists, reporters, photojournalists, and other content creators on the production of their content for digital audiences.
• Report news accurately and update as it unfolds, with strong breaking news skills.
• Efficiently scour the internet for viral trends and impactful story ideas.
• Reach out to organizations, individuals, and other sources to gain and confirm information.
• Perform other tasks as required by supervisor or senior digital producers.
• Strong communication skills, conflict management, and customer service skills
• Planning ahead for social, digital, and on-air coverage of events
• Ability to manage content on a variety of platforms including desktop, mobile sites, apps, and social media

Requirements: 

• Organizational skills and the ability to work under constant time pressure deadlines.
• Ability to cultivate and develop working relationships with local newsmakers and their staff.
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with content management systems (CMS) preferred
• Experience creating and managing content on social media platforms preferred
• Knowledge of AP style, grammar, and copy-editing basics
• Understanding of basic journalism legal principles and online metrics

Benefits: 

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year. 

* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

EEO statement:

TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com 

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