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ABC27.com is the online platform for ABC27, a Harrisburg-based news station serving central Pennsylvania. The website delivers a wide range of news and information on various topics including local news, weather updates, sports coverage, and community events. The site offers a user-friendly interface with a clean layout, making it easy for visitors to navigate and find the desired content quickly. With a dedicated team of journalists, ABC27.com ensures the delivery of unbiased and accurate news reports to its audience. Additionally, the platform keeps users engaged with videos, interactive polls, and a comment section for community discussions.

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  • Country
    Hosted in United States

  • Latitude\Longitude
    37.751 / -97.822    Google Map

  • Traffic rank
    #24,517 Site Rank

  • Site age
    25 yrs old

  • Site Owner information
    Whois info

  • Owner
    Nexstar Media Group,(Nexstar Media Inc.)

  • City
    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

  • Channels
    Digital,: 10 (,VHF,) (shared with,WLYH,),Virtual,: 27

  • Branding
    ABC 27

  • Affiliations
    27.1:,ABC,27.2:,Ion Television,27.3:,Grit,27.4:,Laff

  • First air date
    June 19, 1953

  • Former call signs
    WTPA (1953–1980)

  • Former channel number(s)
    Analog:,71 (,UHF,, 1953−1957),27 (UHF, 1957–2009)

Traffic rank
#24,517
Site age
25 yrs
Location
United States
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via ShowbizJobs posted_at: 28 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
abc27 is looking for our next Daytime News Producer. We are a dominant ABC affiliate serving the Midstate of Pennsylvania located in central proximity to major metropolitan areas, including Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Washington DC, New York, Philadelphia, and more. Our fantastic work and play community is rich in history, including Gettysburg, Lancaster, and Harrisburg, and serves as the Capital... Region for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Join our abc27 is looking for our next Daytime News Producer. We are a dominant ABC affiliate serving the Midstate of Pennsylvania located in central proximity to major metropolitan areas, including Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Washington DC, New York, Philadelphia, and more. Our fantastic work and play community is rich in history, including Gettysburg, Lancaster, and Harrisburg, and serves as the Capital... Region for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Join our family and commit to being part of the fabric of our communities and a leader in bringing local news coverage to our viewers.

Essential Duties:

The Daytime News Producer produces daily newscasts for our 12 pm broadcast. These duties include deciding the order in which news stories will air, writing teases and additional content related to the stories, times news programs, editing videos, and posting to the abc27 website.

• Produces newscasts for broadcast

• Writes and approves news stories

• Balances news and feature content to create compelling broadcasts

• Edits video

• Writes stories for the website and other digital platforms

• Performs other duties as assigned

Education and Other Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience

• Fluency in English

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written

• Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

Work Experience:

• Producing experience is preferred but optional. We will train the right candidate.

Note: Posting is subject to change so please refer to career site for latest availability (SBJ-G337
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via Abc27 Jobs posted_at: 10 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
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via LinkedIn posted_at: 13 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
WHTM-TV, a Nexstar Media Group, Inc. station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is looking for a weekend website producer. This role is responsible for updating abc27.com, curating high-performing content, crafting homepage layouts driven by data, and helping to report the news -- everything from quick-hit local stories to breaking news and enterprise reports. This role will work on building a loyal... local audience by being responsive to traffic patterns WHTM-TV, a Nexstar Media Group, Inc. station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is looking for a weekend website producer. This role is responsible for updating abc27.com, curating high-performing content, crafting homepage layouts driven by data, and helping to report the news -- everything from quick-hit local stories to breaking news and enterprise reports. This role will work on building a loyal... local audience by being responsive to traffic patterns and audience interest while serving as a steward of our brands.
• Produce a steady stream of interesting original content as well as content shared from other stations in the company
• Monitor all forms of media (print, TV, digital, blogs, and social) and be quick to report breaking news
• Always on the hunt for exclusive and/or trending content that will grow engagement and drive loyal, local traffic
• Flexibility to perform duties
• Excellent at writing headlines that grow audience and engagement
• Prioritize packaging content that grows page views per visitor and time-on-site, using headline testing, metric tools, and observed patterns to guide decision making
• Understand different ways to tell a story, particularly producing short videos and choosing great photos from station archives and stock photography options
• Evaluate website traffic trends to make decisions on both daily content needs and, in concert with the team, longer-term content curation that will grow the local audience
• Build positive working relationships with station staff and management, work collaboratively on enterprise content, and create opportunities to market web content on the broadcast
• Distribute news content on social media in line with the station's social media strategy

Requirements & Skills:
• 2 years of experience in digital content and journalism
• Writes content, headlines, posts, etc. that gets clicks without being considered “clickbait”
• Strong multi-tasking abilities
• Organized, technical problem solver and quick decision-maker
• Capable of researching, interviewing, and writing original news articles
• Knowledge of SEO best practices and AP Style
• Enjoys working in teams and has excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to learn new technology and applications independently and quickly
• Strong communicator
• Some schedule flexibility (nights, weekends, early mornings)
• Regularly meets measurements of success
• Understanding of Google Analytics; Chartbeat experience a plus
• Proficiency in MS Office; HTML and CSS experience a plus
• At least a basic proficiency in the Adobe suite

Education Requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree (work experience and military service will be considered in lieu of
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