News Content Producer
I am currently one of four producers in our news room. Together we divide the tasks of running and managing our team. My role is to run story meetings, provide feedback to reporters about their stories, and overall be a supporting figure. I have spent this year helping the new crew members feel welcome and ready to take on things that are new and challenging!
I am currently one of four producers in our news room. Together we divide the tasks of running and managing our team. My role is to run story meetings, provide feedback to reporters about their stories, and overall be a supporting figure. I have spent this year helping the new crew members feel welcome and ready to take on things that are new and challenging!
Organization
Using and modifying a spreadsheet that a previous year's producer made, I could easily keep track of that cycle's stories. This made it easy when it came to putting a show together because we were able to look at the spreadsheet and see what stories were/anticipated to be done in time. This was also a great way to track progress on stories and talk one on one with teams to see what point they were at with their stories. |
Show Reviews As a producer, I conduct show reviews. These are important because it gives the crew an opportunity to see what they (and their peers) did well in their stories and what they could work on for their next story. We watch the segment/story, then ask the crew what that team did well. We then ask what that team could improve on. It's a great learning tool, no matter how much experience you have! |
Web Story Checks
I created this web story checklist that my fellow producers and I will be using to help guide the team with their web writing. It features a list of things that each team needs to have in their story. Once they initially write their web story and set it as pending, the producers and I will go over it with the checklist and check off things that they have done. Once we are finished, we sign it and hand it to them to fix. Once they have signed and returned the sheet, we do one final check over and sign it off to be published to our website. |