Come join a dynamic new national *** powerhouse focused on the over-the-air TV consumer. The *** Networks ( a growing portfolio of entertainment and news networks ) provides absorbing entertainment and objective, intelligent news as we use our own distribution platforms to serve this unduplicated national audience. We meet the audience where it is with the programs it wants.
The Booking Producer is responsible for booking newsmakers, experts, and/or other guests for a nightly, in-depth, context-driven show on 24/7 news network, Newsy .
What you'll do:- Book interviews on a wide variety of topics, including national and international news, politics and policy, science and technology, and pop culture
- Facilitate logistics for interviews
- Conduct pre-interviews
- Write introductions for guests and suggested questions for anchors and reporters
- Build and maintain a guest database
- Pitch story ideas
What you'll bring:Education & Experience/Certifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Previous experience working as a Booking Producer
Skills & Abilities
- Strong knowledge of and interest in current events
- Exceptional research skills, including the ability to locate subjects using a variety of sources
- Ability to think creatively and come up with unique guest ideas
- Works well under deadline pressure
- Enjoys being persistent
About NewsyNewsy is the leading cross-platform television news network that provides straightforward, opinion-free news to inform and engage by delivering the top stories across every platform. Its content is available over-the-air and on connected TV platforms including Roku, *** Fire TV, Apple TV and Google Chromecast as well as over-the-top services including YouTube TV, Sling TV, *** , Xumo, Samsung TV+ and Vizio WatchFree. Newsy also is available via its mobile apps and at newsy.com . Newsy is a wholly owned subsidiary of The *** *** Company (NASDAQ: SSP).
As an equal employment opportunity employer, The *** *** Company and its affiliates do not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender, color, religion, age, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship or national origin, and military membership or veteran status, or on any other basis which would be in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law. Furthermore, the company will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship for the company.
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ABOUT *** :The *** *** Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified *** company focused on creating a *** ter-informed world. As the nation's fourth-largest local TV broadcaster, *** serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of 61 stations in 41 markets. The *** Networks reach nearly every American through the national news outlets Court TV and Newsy and popular entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Grit, Laff and Court TV Mystery. *** is the nation's largest holder of broadcast spectrum. *** runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward of the *** National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, *** has held for decades to the motto, "Give light and the people will find their own way."
As an equal employment opportunity employer, The *** *** Company and its affiliates do not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, color, religion, age, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship or national origin, and military membership or veteran status, or on any other basis which would be in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law. Furthermore, the company will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship for the company.
