Meteorologist / Weather 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, CBSN, CBSN 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, CBSN, 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 NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations also produces the award-winning 60 MINUTES for Paramount . CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSNews.com, CBSN, CBS News Radio and podcasts, CBS Mobile, Paramount and other digital platforms. 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 network.

We are looking for a dynamic, self-starter to tell engaging weather stories and produce graphics and weather-related segments. Ideal candidate must have superior forecasting and storytelling skills. Ability to produce easy to understand and informational visuals, maps, and graphics to communicate the weather story to customers every day on air, online and on social media platforms.

Must have proven experience covering live severe weather. Must be comfortable both on-air and producing for other on-air meteorologists.

Other duties include producing weather content, working with a team of meteorologists and executing station strategy; writing / preparing forecasts; producing graphics to tell the weather story across multiple platforms, strong social media presence. The candidate will also be required to periodically write and report weather related content for newscasts.

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE SHOULD HAVE:

- On-air weathercasting experience within a TV Station

- A degree in meteorology or related science.

- Strong writing skills for broadcast and digital platforms

- Proven track record of producing stand out weather related content

- Be at ease working on camera and in front of a chroma-key

- Ability to create and manage graphics used during weather within the broadcast

- Ideal candidate needs to have strong social media skills.

REQUIREMENTS:

B.S. Degree in Meteorology or Earth Sciences. Proficient in weather graphics production. Ability to live field report and write packages.

Preferred: At least 5 years on air experience weather casting and weather producing preferred. Ability to shoot and edit video, WSI weather system knowledge and ability to employ all functions on multiple platforms.

This position is based in Fort Worth working together with other CBS Stations.

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