Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce is hiring: News Producer in Springfield

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 KYTV

KY3 and KSPR are part of a seven‑station group in Springfield, MO. KY3 is one of the most dominant NBC affiliates in the country, while KSPR is an up‑and‑coming ABC station. KYCW, the high‑rated CW station, also broadcasts from the same studio, and the combined newsrooms produce newscasts for all three stations. KY3/KSPR covers 31 counties in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas and has four news gathering bureaus stationed throughout the DMA. KY3 and KSPR are known for their regional and national award‑winning local news, weather, and sports coverage, large‑scale and numerous community service projects, and effective broadcast and digital marketing solutions. We are proud of our close connections with the communities we serve in the Ozarks.

Job Summary/Description

The KY3/KSPR newsroom in beautiful Springfield, MO, is looking for a dynamic, energetic television news producer. The right employee will oversee the overall direction of the newscast, including pre‑production, graphics, content, editing, and writing. We love creative producers who don’t just stack and write a newscast but showcase each story. Must bring story ideas to the table daily and be able to write excellent conversational stories. It is essential that you be able to maintain a level of calm and make quick decisions in intense pressure situations. This position comes with three days off a week!

Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to)

• Prioritize, organize, and produce newscasts following the station brand and goals
• Responsible for writing clearly, concisely, and very conversationally
• Must maintain working knowledge of current events and community issues
• Accurate video editing with an eye for visual elements and graphics
• Responsible for developing original story ideas for daily newscasts
• Special emphasis on working with reporters on story treatment, and being able to gather information for news stories under pressure accurately
• Act as a leader in facilitating teamwork among staff members working on your specific newscast
• Able to accurately and calmly handle the decision‑making process, especially in the control room
• Must possess excellent communication and organizational abilities, including working with newsroom management to ensure story accuracy, and to determine the best presentation of reports

Qualifications/Requirements

• College degree preferred in journalism, communication, or related field
• Must have some background in writing for television and editing video
• Knowledge of ENPS software is a plus
• Duties are performed mostly indoors in an office environment
• Must be able to sit for extended periods of time
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to stand, walk, talk, hear, use hands and fingers, reach, grab, handle or feel, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. Regularly sit, talk, and hear
• Nights, overnights, weekends, and holidays may be required

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.

KYTV/KSPR-TV/Gray Media is a drug‑free company.