The Digital Line Producer is a senior editorial role that reviews and approves news content on a daily basis. This role will run daily editorial meetings and execute coverage plans for daily news and special events. The Digital Line Producer will oversee a team of digital producers, commission and approve news content (videos, articles, graphic cards) and report to senior management of the digital team on overall coverage performance.
Duties
- Run daily editorial meetings, assign stories to digital producers and execute daily coverage plans
- React to breaking news
- Taking a lead role in story production for major news stories, special events and projects
- Tracking major news in the Americas, Asia Pacific and China and manage the digital coverage.
- Copy editing and fact checking all stories that are published on CGTN and other digital platforms
- Troubleshoot technical issues related to lives, video production, social publishing etc.
- Set weekly shifts and working schedule for digital news team
- Work closely with Digital Planner on daily, weekly and special coverage
- Report on coverage performance to senior digital management
- Organize and execute digital training for broadcast teams
- Liaise with broadcast teams on digital contributions
- Take lead role over setting strategy for CGTN America digital objectives
- Coordinating with digital producers, field staff, and producers about story structure and production
- Updating newsroom and digital planning grids to ensure others are aware of digital content in production
- Improving systems to make the digital workflow more efficient
- Overseeing platform selection to ensure that great stories and video are not being overlooked
- Training staff in digital skills needed for social and digital story production
- Strategizing on how to market and grow audience for our digital stories
- Responsibilities include other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Ability to work weekend shifts
- BA/BS degree (or equivalent) in journalism, communications or related field strongly preferred.
- 4+ years working experience in news digital platforms.
- Ability to multi-task
- Strong knowledge of digital production and publishing systems
- Strong knowledge and understanding of social media platforms
- Newsroom production management experience
- Strong knowledge of WordPress. Development skills a plus.
- Excellent writing, researching and editing skills.
- Strong copy editing and fact checking skills
- Ability to juggle multiple tasks and switch gears quickly.
- Knowledge of and interest in international news.
- Newsroom platforms.