What are the responsibilities and job description for the Real Time Editor - Freelance position at News12?
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Job Summary
News 12 New Jersey is looking for a Freelance Real Time Editor to coordinate the gathering of news, the generation of story ideas, the scheduling and assignment of coverage, and the delivery of news material to the production team for all News 12 services. The Freelance Real Time Editor will also edit video for news programs, live coverage, breaking news and other productions and promotions. The Freelance Editor will work independently or as part of a team to create pictures and sound which accurately and fairly represent the news, recording raw video and audio and turning it into finished product.
Responsibilities
- Gather information about news as it develops and communicate it effectively and accurately to the production team.
- Take an active role in planning in-depth series and special coverage, acting as a producer or reporter as called for. Work accurately under pressure.
- Dispatch news crews, maintain schedule logs, deal with telephone story tips, listen to police radios, read newswires and e-mail, and stay in contact with sources in order to stay up to date with breaking news.
- Analyzes, develops and recommends solutions for editorial, procedural, and operational needs to ensure quality videos are develop for both web and broadcast.
- Work closely with Lead Editors and Design teams in order to optimize the editorial processes.
- Work efficiently within time constraints in order to meet weekly and monthly advertising and non-advertised requirements.
- Being prepared to deal with changing requirements in each day to meet the needs of the other teams and the tool.
- Create and develop both internal external company communication.
- Work with a team of other editors to effectively accomplish team goals.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the management team.
Qualifications
- Minimum 1 year of digital post-production experience; editing in Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Minimum 1 year working in a high-pressure environment meeting tight deadlines.
- Strong understanding of digital workflows and file-based delivery.
- Strong understanding of frame rates, aspect ratios, and resolutions.
- Ability to read video scopes and audio levels.
- Demonstrated strong editorial judgment.
- Proven experience editing content for a variety of digital platforms, in non-traditional. formats and resolutions.
- A team player who can work flexible hours including evenings, early mornings and weekends.
- Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and After Effects is a significant plus.
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