Investigative Multi Skilled Producer

Full Time Job
CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. markets, the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News Streaming local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. 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. CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSNews.com, CBS News Radio and podcasts, Paramount , all digital platforms, and the CBS News Streaming Network, the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service that is available free to everyone with access to the internet. 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. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as CBSNews.com and Paramount . The service is available live in 91 countries. 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. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast news division.

Are you an investigative journalist, a creative and a strategizer who excels at digging for stories and brainstorming how to tell them? Do you have a record of shepherding successful stories from idea to reality? We want your help producing investigations that will be highlighted in major markets across the nation! CBS Television Stations is seeking an Investigative Multiskilled Producer to generate content for and collaborate with newsrooms across the group. The Producer’s primary focus will be identifying and generating original stories of national importance that can be localized for multiple markets, with compelling storytelling and innovative, multiplatform delivery. The Producer will be involved in a specialized investigative unit inside the CTS Innovation Lab, which experiments with next-generation storytelling, and tests new products, workflows and production models for the future. The investigative unit will collaborate with the group’s news, investigative and special projects teams, while also collaborating across CBS News and Stations’ platforms.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Ideate, research and create investigative stories with consistent frequency and impact for the newscasts, specials, streams, websites and apps of CBS News and Stations.

- Collaborate with and support the work of reporters, photographers, graphic designers and website developers to generate pieces. Assist and produce content for reporters and anchors who present the story. Assist with video editing and graphic design for stories.

- Efficiently increase newsgathering and investigative tactics to acquire information and story elements, such as developing relationships, cultivating sources, strategically landing interviews, and navigating open records laws. Localize stories through personalization and examples in multiple cities or regions.

- Vet tips and story ideas to identify and prioritize original, timely and topical investigative pieces with broad value to the audience.

- Urgently develop and implement investigative angles to elevate breaking news coverage.

- Improve skills and experience to advise others and lead editorially on projects as well as coordinate the work of colleagues as needed.

- Acquire, analyze and visualize data sets for on-air and online reporting, including summarizing findings, writing narratives, and creating graphic elements and interactives.

- Understand, interpret and simplify complicated information, and then communicate the points and themes to stakeholders in a clear, concise way.

- Work closely with management, journalists, and legal counsel in crafting accurate, well-documented, bulletproof stories.

- Communicate frequently and efficiently with respect and candor, and maintain highly collaborative, productive working environments and relationships with management and news personnel. Represent the company professionally at all times in public interactions.

- Must be willing to work an unpredictable and adaptable schedule as assigned.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

- 2 years of experience as an investigative producer or similar role in a medium to large market.

- Portfolio of investigative content that led to accountability, change and broad recognition, as well as audience growth and brand definition.

- Excellent reading, writing, spelling, grammar, and organizational skills are required.

- Video editing skills preferred.

- Journalism degree preferred.