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Job Description:

Content Producer

The Content Producers of The Rambler, www.therambler.org and Rambler TV are responsible for maintaining at least two beats and proposing story ideas from his/her beats. The Content Producer will produce at least three stories per week for all Rambler-related entities, including packages for online and YouTube presentation. Content Producers should provide consistent and accurate coverage of Texas Wesleyan and Texas Wesleyan-related events. Content Producers must be familiar with The Rambler policies manual and statement of ethical behavior in student media.

Specific duties include:
• Produce at least three publishable assignments each week in text, video, slideshow, podcast, interactive graphic, interactive map or other media mode based on appropriateness for each story
• Meet deadlines
• Generate and communicate to Editor in Chief, Faculty Advisor and Faculty Liaison newsworthy story ideas on a weekly basis during budget meetings
• Maintain contact and good rapport with sources from beats
• Conduct interviews and research to ensure balanced, complete, fair and accurate stories
• Provide a complete list of all sources, including contact information, for quality control purposes
• Make revisions to edited stories in a timely fashion for same day turnaround
• Attend regularly scheduled meetings for all staff, including training sessions
• Seek individual help or training when problems arise
• Maintain Rambler equipment to ensure proper functioning, availability and cleanliness
• Keep up with email, phone messages and campus mail with next day turnaround
• Post to Rambler social media as needed
• Practice basics of convergent journalism through The Rambler, www.therambler.org and Rambler TV so that appropriate story is filed with appropriate media outlet
• Adhere to all Rambler social media policies
• Other duties as assigned, including rotating Editor-in-Chief possibility for print edition

Hours Available:

Flexible schedule based on coverage needs.