What are the responsibilities and job description for the Digital Reporter/Producer position at CBS Television Stations?
CBS Stations is hiring a Digital Producer to create content for CBS Atlanta’s digital platforms! This is an exciting opportunity to help build the future of CBS Atlanta, and we’re looking for journalists who are passionate about the future of digital journalism to help shape our coverage.
Digital producers are responsible for writing stories and clipping videos for the CBS Atlanta section of CBSNews.com, our app, YouTube channel, and across emerging digital platforms. Qualified candidates possess strong writing and editing skills and can balance breaking news with longer term enterprise reporting, working across the newsroom to deliver the best that CBS Atlanta has to offer across digital.
Your day-to-day:
- React quickly to breaking news, writing, editing and publishing articles and running live blogs
- Use a mix of editorial judgment and analytics to help plan content priorities
- Work with the CBS Atlanta newsroom to execute on digital content to supplement or advance TV content
- Clip high-interest video content for distribution across platforms
- Live stream breaking news and other high-interest events on YouTube
- Create topical longform content for YouTube
- Proactively plan content around key news events and tentpoles
- Send push alerts and write newsletters
What you bring to the team:
- You have 2 years of experience in a digital breaking news environment and a proven ability to react quickly as news develops
- You are a strong writer and self-editor with a deep understanding of content framing across platforms
- You’re passionate about the future of journalism, always looking to better understand new and emerging digital opportunities for news organizations
- You're deeply familiar with analytics platforms like Google Analytics, Omniture, Chartbeat and Parse.ly
- You thrive in a team environment
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, 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.
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