News Producer

Tasks

• Write and edit news stories from information collected by reporters and other sources.

• Coordinate the activities of writers, directors, managers, and other personnel throughout the production process.

• Research production topics using the internet, video archives, and other informational sources.

• Review film, recordings, or rehearsals to ensure conformance to production and broadcast standards.

• Monitor postproduction processes to ensure accurate completion of details.

• Conduct meetings with staff to discuss production progress and to ensure production objectives are attained.

• Perform administrative duties, such as preparing operational reports, distributing rehearsal call sheets and script copies, and arranging for rehearsal quarters.

• Resolve personnel problems that arise during the production process by acting as liaisons between dissenting parties when necessary.

• Hire directors, principal cast members, and key production staff members.

• Arrange financing for productions.

• Determine production size, content, and budget, establishing details such as production schedules and management policies.

• Select plays, scripts, books, or ideas to be produced.

• Perform management activities, such as budgeting, scheduling, planning, and marketing.

• Compose and edit scripts or provide screenwriters with story outlines from which scripts can be written.

• Negotiate with parties, including independent producers and the distributors and broadcasters who will be handling completed productions.

• Negotiate contracts with artistic personnel, often in accordance with collective bargaining agreements.

• Determine and direct the content of radio programming.

• Obtain rights to scripts or to such items as existing video footage.

• Write and submit proposals to bid on contracts for projects.

• Produce shows for special occasions, such as holidays or testimonials.

• Plan and coordinate the production of musical recordings, selecting music and directing performers.

• Develop marketing plans for finished products, collaborating with sales associates to supervise product distribution.

• Maintain knowledge of minimum wages and working conditions established by unions or associations of actors and technicians.

• Obtain and distribute costumes, props, music, and studio equipment needed to complete productions.

Skills

• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

• Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

• Negotiation - Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

• Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Knowledge

• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

• Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

• Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

• Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

• Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

• Telecommunications - Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

• Communications and Media - Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.