Newscast producer vs senior producer

The differences between newscast producers and senior producers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a newscast producer and a senior producer. Additionally, a senior producer has an average salary of $112,393, which is higher than the $50,394 average annual salary of a newscast producer.

The top three skills for a newscast producer include control room, story development and edit video. The most important skills for a senior producer are project management, video production, and facebook.

Newscast producer vs senior producer overview

	Newscast Producer	Senior Producer
Yearly salary	$50,394	$112,393
Hourly rate	$24.23	$54.04
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	9,324	10,191
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 93%	Bachelor's Degree, 83%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	12	12

Newscast producer vs senior producer salary

Newscast producers and senior producers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Newscast Producer	Senior Producer
Average salary	$50,394	$112,393
Salary range	Between $36,000 And $68,000	Between $73,000 And $170,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Nevada
Best paying company	-	Lifetime
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between newscast producer and senior producer education

There are a few differences between a newscast producer and a senior producer in terms of educational background:

	Newscast Producer	Senior Producer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 93%	Bachelor's Degree, 83%
Most common major	Journalism	Communication
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Harvard University

Newscast producer vs senior producer demographics

Here are the differences between newscast producers' and senior producers' demographics:

	Newscast Producer	Senior Producer
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 47.0% Female, 53.0%	Male, 59.6% Female, 40.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.7% Asian, 6.4% White, 65.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 6.3% White, 65.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	14%	14%

Differences between newscast producer and senior producer duties and responsibilities

Newscast producer example responsibilities.

Facilitate and manage CNN weekend editorial team of freelance editorial producers.
Work with ABC network and CNN on a daily basis to determine news content.
Launch a daily flagship newscast for the ABC affiliate station in a top-50 television market.
Design and produce high-level PowerPoint presentations for large-scale corporate events and key stand-alone projects.
Nominate for a local Emmy (TM) for editing of a special news program.
Facilitate and manage CNN weekend editorial team of freelance editorial producers.

Senior producer example responsibilities.

Utilize Basecamp and JIRA to manage communications.
Manage local NYC staff and off site personnel.
Manage the day to day operations of high end NYC audio studio.
Manage all stages of creative for promotion of WETA and national PBS programming.
Oversee and manage digital projects within JIRA, EAS, Smartsheet, and Sharepoint.
Manage internal and client status calls, timelines, and key milestones via Basecamp.

Newscast producer vs senior producer skills

Common newscast producer skills

Control Room, 18%
Story Development, 14%
Edit Video, 13%
News Stories, 9%
ABC, 8%
Assignment Editors, 7%

Common senior producer skills

Project Management, 10%
Video Production, 7%
Facebook, 5%
Digital Content, 4%
Production Process, 4%
QA, 4%

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