What are the responsibilities and job description for the News Producer position at National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)?
Job ID: 73741
Job Views: 3927
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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Job Category: Television
Employment Type: Full time
Salary
Posted: 01.26.2026
Description
Job Description
WDJT-TV, Weigel Broadcasting’s CBS affiliate in Milwaukee Wisconsin is looking for a Producer. You will execute news content for timely and compelling newscasts using contemporary graphics and production techniques and work with reporters and photojournalists on assigned content. Other duties may include developing ideas, researching topics, booking guests, and logging footage.
Position requires someone with multiplatform news skills and a passion to deliver news in a compelling way to our viewers. Excellent news judgment is needed, including an understanding of the importance of breaking news and severe weather coverage, writing and copy-editing skills, and an understanding of branding, maintaining, and growing a brand with a high standard of quality and attention to detail in a deadline-driven environment. Excellent writing and effective communication skills, innovation, creativity, and a desire to win are essential. The ideal candidate has a background and experience in producing local newscasts.
We are a family-owned company committed to storytelling in our local communities. We have an entrepreneurial spirit and are dedicated to digging deep into what our local viewers want to know about. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including health and welfare benefits, no cost life insurance and in person counseling, generous 401k match, paid time off and relocation assistance!
Weigel Broadcasting Co. is a family-owned media company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company owns and operates national television networks, as well as local broadcast stations throughout the country. Weigel is a leader in broadcast television with MeTV, Memorable Entertainment Television, the number one rated classic TV entertainment network, as well as the Movies! Network in cooperation with the Fox Television Stations, the Catchy Comedy Network, the H&I - Heroes & Icons Network, the Start TV Network and the Dabl Network in association with the CBS Television Stations, the Story Television Network, the MeTV Toons Network in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery, and WEST- Western Entertainment Series Television Network. Weigel produces the original network TV programs Svengoolie, Toon In With Me and Collector’s Call. Weigel's local stations include CBS, ABC, The CW, MyNet, Telemundo and Univision network affiliates and independent stations, offering a mix of entertainment programming, local news and professional and college sports broadcasts in 29 U.S. markets including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Weigel is the creator of the nationally syndicated music format MeTV FM. For more information on Weigel, visit: https://www.weigelbroadcasting.com/.
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Job Views: 3927
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Postal Code
Job Category: Television
Employment Type: Full time
Salary
Posted: 01.26.2026
Description
Job Description
WDJT-TV, Weigel Broadcasting’s CBS affiliate in Milwaukee Wisconsin is looking for a Producer. You will execute news content for timely and compelling newscasts using contemporary graphics and production techniques and work with reporters and photojournalists on assigned content. Other duties may include developing ideas, researching topics, booking guests, and logging footage.
Position requires someone with multiplatform news skills and a passion to deliver news in a compelling way to our viewers. Excellent news judgment is needed, including an understanding of the importance of breaking news and severe weather coverage, writing and copy-editing skills, and an understanding of branding, maintaining, and growing a brand with a high standard of quality and attention to detail in a deadline-driven environment. Excellent writing and effective communication skills, innovation, creativity, and a desire to win are essential. The ideal candidate has a background and experience in producing local newscasts.
We are a family-owned company committed to storytelling in our local communities. We have an entrepreneurial spirit and are dedicated to digging deep into what our local viewers want to know about. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including health and welfare benefits, no cost life insurance and in person counseling, generous 401k match, paid time off and relocation assistance!
Weigel Broadcasting Co. is a family-owned media company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company owns and operates national television networks, as well as local broadcast stations throughout the country. Weigel is a leader in broadcast television with MeTV, Memorable Entertainment Television, the number one rated classic TV entertainment network, as well as the Movies! Network in cooperation with the Fox Television Stations, the Catchy Comedy Network, the H&I - Heroes & Icons Network, the Start TV Network and the Dabl Network in association with the CBS Television Stations, the Story Television Network, the MeTV Toons Network in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery, and WEST- Western Entertainment Series Television Network. Weigel produces the original network TV programs Svengoolie, Toon In With Me and Collector’s Call. Weigel's local stations include CBS, ABC, The CW, MyNet, Telemundo and Univision network affiliates and independent stations, offering a mix of entertainment programming, local news and professional and college sports broadcasts in 29 U.S. markets including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Weigel is the creator of the nationally syndicated music format MeTV FM. For more information on Weigel, visit: https://www.weigelbroadcasting.com/.
Requirements
Apply Here: https://www.click2apply.net/kNBWOwUDNkbxKSXO7SALO7
PI281771936
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