BG24 Executive Producer - School of Media and Communication

Summary

The Executive Producer is the chief student leader of BG24's BG Weekly, the student-led broadcast news organization, ensuring professional operation. This person oversees all newscasts, programs, and video content, ensuring professional quality and efficient use of resources.

Career Readiness Competencies

• Seek feedback from supervisors and apply it to improve performance.
  
• Set personal goals and track progress toward them.
  
• Take initiative to learn new tools, systems, or procedures on the job.
  
• Participate in campus training or workshops to build skills.
  
• Maintain a positive, growth-oriented mindset when facing challenges.
  
• Ask questions to gain clarity on job expectations and responsibilities.

Essential Functions

• Works with BG Falcon Media news content director and BG News Editor-In-Chief to coordinate news coverage, focusing on cross-platform collaboration.
• Works with BG24 adviser to coordinate auditions and select news, sports and weather anchors
• Works with faculty adviser to coordinate news coverage and news productions
• Assists in training of volunteers, interns and staff to maintain exceptional newscast quality
• Works as line producer of BG24 newscasts in the fall and spring; works with JOUR 4300 class (when applicable) as executive producer in the spring to oversee newscast producing
• Manages on-air presentation of assigned newscasts, including show content, look and live reports.
• Works with producers-in-training and associate producers (APs), assigning b-roll, stories and formatting the newscast
• Distributes news assignments to staff, interns, and volunteers, following up to ensure deadlines are met
• Works with staff on what needs to be done: write stories, help with editing, create lower thirds and graphics, etc.
• Organizes submitted news content, making sure sound on tapes (SOTs), voiceovers (VOs) and packages (PKGs) are in the Facilis newscast folder before the run-through
• Works with anchors and producing staff on what to tease at the top of the show
• Produces multiple pieces of content each week
• Serves as BG24 spokesperson throughout the community
• Works with faculty adviser and Falcon Media Manager to ensure efficient and professional operations
• Creates, coordinates news updates for social media
• Works all weekly full newscasts, starting in Week 5 of each semester and ending the week before finals week.
• Leads weekly BG24 production meetings with crew members
• Oversees talent auditions, evaluates talent auditions in collaboration with adviser
• Recruits and trains new staff
• Ensures deadlines are met
• Ensures error-free and ethically sound product
• Works closely with content directors to make sure BG24 editorial needs are fulfilled and in alignment with other content channels

Minimum Qualifications

• Preferred: One year of BG24 newscast line producing experience
• Preferred majors: Journalism, Public Relations, Media Production & Studies, VCT
• Demonstrated good news judgment and knowledge of the University and community
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Minimum GPA: 2.25

Additional Information

• This role requires approximately 10 to 12 hours per week during each semester with flexibility to align with academic schedule.
• Stipend: $5,400 annually, intended to support educational learning outcomes.
• This internship is eligible for academic credit with approval from student's program/college.

Bowling Green State University is an equal opportunity employer. The University is committed to maintaining an employment and educational environment that is free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. The University prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of protected class: age (40 years of age or older), ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender identity and expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, marital status, military status, national origin, political affiliation, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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