Newscast Production Assistant

WXXV-TV is hiring a part-time Newscast Production Assistant at their station in Gulfport, MS. This role sits inside the broadcast news production workflow, covering everything from video editing for daily newscasts to running studio equipment and supporting live control room operations. It’s a solid entry point for someone looking to build real broadcast television credits across multiple production disciplines at once.

About the Role

The Newscast Production Assistant works within the news department at WXXV, a Morris Multimedia station, supporting the full production cycle of daily live newscasts. On any given shift, that means cutting video packages, building broadcast graphics, and running audio and video playback from the control room during live air. Because the role touches so many areas of broadcast operations, it gives someone early in their television career a working knowledge of the entire newscast production pipeline.

Key Responsibilities

• Edit video segments for daily newscasts, cutting to time and pacing for broadcast air.
• Create graphics packages that meet broadcast specifications and support on-air storytelling.
• Operate audio and video playback systems from the control room during live television broadcasts.
• Run studio equipment and production systems across multiple areas of the broadcast operation.
• Support news gathering efforts alongside reporters and producers from assignment through air.
• Learn and maintain proficiency across rotating production roles as part of a working broadcast team.

What You Bring

• Ability to perform reliably during live broadcast production, where timing and attention to detail are non-negotiable.
• A schedule flexible enough to cover evenings, weekends, and holidays, which is standard in daily news production.
• Genuine interest in news, current events, and how broadcast television journalism operates.
• Coursework or a degree in progress in Broadcasting, Communications, Journalism, or Media Production is preferred but not required.
• Any prior television or media production experience is a plus, even at the student or internship level.

Why This Role

WXXV offers hands-on broadcast television experience across a range of production roles, which is rare for a part-time position in local news. For someone building toward a career in episodic television, broadcast journalism, or live production, rotating through control room, studio, and post-production workflow responsibilities at a working station is genuinely useful experience. Morris Multimedia operates a network of local stations, which means there is an actual infrastructure behind the work you do here.

Apply now for the Newscast Production Assistant role at WXXV and take your first step into professional broadcast television production.