Atlanta–Multiple Opportunities with Turner Broadcasting
For either post, please contact Michelle.White@turner.com.
Director, Medical Unit / Health Coverage. Location: Atlanta
The Director of Health Coverage serves as primary NewsGroup contact for health/medical newsgathering, interacting regularly with CNN, HLN, CNNI, .com, CNNE, etc. He/she oversees field shoots, event coverage and network guest bookings for medical coverage. The director determines the direction of news health coverage for the networks. He/she coordinates medical editorial content as cleared by the Row, S&P and legal department. He/she also oversee breaking news presentation. The director is responsible for the on-air look of segments, the quality of health reporting and on-air performance of health correspondents. Other duties include staff supervision of approximately 25, day-to-day oversight of medical programming for Atlanta-based shows, resource supervision, programming development initiatives and special projects. Qualifications 7-10 years of newsroom/unit management. Excellent management and leadership skills. Experience as producer, copy editor or similar. Thorough understanding of network programming, production and editorial new flow. Degree in Journalism, Broadcasting or similar. Strong leadership skills, experienced management skills, excellent communication skills. Skilled at building relationships, working through problems, analyzing situations, multitasking, determining priorities and finding solutions in high-pressure situations. Ability to interact with senior level colleagues and executives. Thorough understanding of the business side of network management, including marketing, promotions, public relations, human resources, network distribution and ad sales.
Senior Executive Producer, Special Events Location: Atlanta, DC or New York
Duties: Propose, analyze, and determine network core coverage and production approach to major planned news events. Determine the editorial, coverage, logistical, and production needs of CNN, CNNi, CNNE, CNN HLN and CNN.com, and how best to accommodate their requirements and desires, given limited resources. Responsible for supervising coverage, which includes coordinating editorial, production and coverage needs of the Newsgroup during the event. Act as senior editorial voice of the department during coverage. Produce live remotes to air. Determine/arrange staffing required for event at remote locations. Manage the assigned staff in all relevant locations during the event. Determine/order transmission, telephone, data facilities for events for all newsgroup entities. Represent CNN in Network Pool planning calls with department/project members. Assist in determining project budgets and bill-backs. Qualifications: 10 years extensive news gathering and field production experience: Must be able to take on logistical requirements for major remotes in the U.S. and overseas: setting up and managing remote workspaces and control rooms. 5 years tape/package/graphics production experience. Script approval experience. Proficiency in Excel, Word, Outlook, iNews. 5 years supervision and management experience
