Executive Producer-News Unit

 
Essential Job Duties:
 

• Reports to the Director of News
• Develop, manage and executive produce editorial content including daily live and breaking news for on-air and digital
• Executive produce all digital projects including all news webcasts
• Executive produce all live news coverage across all BET Networks platforms
• Develop and execute plan for all breaking news coverage
• Works closely with Director of News in the implementation of live and breaking news coverage
• Manages budget and schedules (with PM)
• Establish and oversee editorial direction for news coverage

 
 
NOTE:
 
 **Only qualified applicants meeting the requirements below will be contacted for screening**
 
Skills, Education And Experience:
 
Qualifications

• 15 years  as a broadcast journalist with at least 7 to 10 years managerial/supervisory experience with a news organization
• Strong working knowledge of local and national news stories and issues; ability to produce news and web casts in a live and live-to-tape news operation
• Must have extensive knowledge and interest in American politics, as well as national and international affairs
• Must have excellent writing, script, and editing skills
• Field experience helpful. Must be a strong and decisive leader in the control room

 
 
Contact:
Qualified candidates may submit resume to Resumes@BET.net include EP-News in the subject line.
 
About BET Networks
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE: VIA.B), is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience.  The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa.  BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; CENTRIC, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the 25- to 54-year-old African-American audience; BET Digital Networks - BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET in the United Kingdom and oversees the extension of BET network programming for global distribution.
 
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