Ep Special Projects / Weekends

This is a Full Time Job

Are you a creative and innovative storyteller looking to grow your leadership skills and make an impact? WBZ News is looking for a phenomenal, hardworking and highly organized multi-skilled leader to lead our special projects unit and weekend news coverage.

This is a role for a dynamic transformation leader who knows news and can coordinate demo-targeted content for all WBZ platforms. The ideal candidate is someone who can help grow our team and ratings while setting a high standard for news quality through feedback and mentorship.

Overview and Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of anchors, reporters, producers, meteorologists, photojournalists, digital content producers, and editors with strong editorial judgement.
• Exhibit strong editorial judgement, effective communication, and critical thinking skills.
• Create content by utilizing the latest news gathering technology to shoot and edit stories.
• Cultivate a work environment that encourages fresh ideas, risk taking, and community engagement for our multi-platform audiences.
• Support the station's objective of prioritizing digital-first content growth through daily editorial choices.
• Uphold impeccable grammar, spelling, and attention to detail in all content that is produced.
• Work in the newsroom and control room demonstrating adaptability and composure in fast paced situations.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in broadcast or cable news; at least 3 years of newsroom management experience.
• Prior experience in a live control room, including serving as a line producer in a live-news environment.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Familiarity with streaming platforms and working knowledge of digital video production techniques and online content management.
• This position requires working weekends and holidays.

CBS News and Stations is home to the nation's #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O'DONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations' top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News' streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today's digital age.


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