Farm Journal · 7 hours ago
Executive Producer, News
Farm Journal is a leading company in agriculture and food production, seeking an executive producer for news to enhance their video storytelling and content creation. The role involves overseeing various news programs, managing production teams, and contributing to the development of new programming while ensuring high standards of quality and execution.
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Responsibilities
Serve as executive producer of U.S. Farm Report, our weekly national 60-minute news program addressing the most important issues in American agriculture while showcasing rural heritage and culture
Be responsible for quality and execution of AgDay, podcasts, Machinery Pete TV and live programming related to our streaming channels
Manage the line producers for AgDay (daily 30-minute newscast), Machinery Pete TV (weekly 30-minute magazine), and AgriTalk (two hours daily)
Oversee content, manage production and team members who produce the Farm Journal Podcast Network, ensuring consistency and quality across the network
Contribute to ideation development of new programs and streaming program lineup
Consult with editorial staff to continually refine program formats and content rundowns
Responsible for content production budget, cost-management, vendor relations, etc
Work directly with executive leadership to support the sales team with new revenue ideas, creative marketing materials, program demos and highlighting programming advances and audience development activities
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience producing newscasts with experience as an executive producer
Experience producing national news broadcasts a plus
Track record for delivering quality journalism including understanding the newsgathering process, writing and video storytelling
Demonstrated ability to create programming outside of the traditional television format, such as a YouTube series, mini-documentaries, podcasts, social media stories, etc
Extensive knowledge of current television and podcast production technologies and platforms
Demonstrated ability as a hands-on leader who has managed a team, made a small team and their products better and, when necessary, roll up their sleeves and work in the trenches
Ability to work at and set a fast pace: from making decisions to creating high-quality content
Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
Preferred
Knowledge of agriculture preferred but not required
Bachelor's degree in journalism preferred but not required
Company
Farm Journal
Farm Journal is an information and insights company for generating growth and delivering new yields across every aspect of agriculture.
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageRecent News
2024-05-19
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