Right now, very few people want to be an executive producer. The jobs sit open for months, with little to no applications. Many who do apply don’t have the skills to pull off the job.
This isn’t a new problem, but it’s getting worse, and it’s time to address why this role’s importance needs to change across the broadcasting industry. I have spent 15 years training executive producers and have a strong handle on which job duties take up the most time and which ones must, by default, fall by the wayside to get the staff through the newscast. The current common job description isn’t realistic and doesn’t help newsrooms modernize.
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