What are the responsibilities and job description for the Forum Producer position at KQED?
Title: Forum Producer
Schedule Format - Location: Hybrid - San Francisco
Pay Information: $83,761 - $97,177
Position Summary:
A producer is a key player at KQED making sure our journalism is available and accessible across multiple platforms. A producer’s key responsibilities include working with editors, reporters, hosts and other producers to ensure our audio and digital work is accessible in a timely and accurate manner.
Producers at KQED can also research, write and help build news segments or shows, including our newscasts, segmented audio, Perspectives, Forum, The California Report and other shows as needed. The producer can also be assigned to work on newsroom special projects including podcasts.
Producers are expected to edit audio, produce mixes, shape pitches, frame stories or segments, coordinate tapings at remote locations, and write for audio.
KQED producers are expected to be ambitious and dedicated journalists, capable of juggling multiple tasks at once and meeting mission-critical deadlines – all in a respectful, collaborative manner.
Forum Producer
A Forum Producer is a critical member of the team responsible for creating KQED’s daily public affairs conversation and audience engagement driven show. They work closely with other producers, hosts and editorial management to identify story ideas and produce interview segments. We provide two hours of news and public affairs on our Forum show. The Producer is a key and critical decision maker on the show and responsible for planning and developing the program’s topics, sources and issue research. The Producer also participates in the production of special radio and online series and projects and coordinates work with other news and public affairs units, including KQED News, The California Report, and Newsroom. The Forum Producer promotes citizen engagement in the program through targeted use of social media channels. Some Forum producers are expected to take lead, coordinating roles on each individual hour of Forum, including editing scripts, managing calendars, and working more closely with hosts. They are responsible for maintaining the show’s schedule, source tracking, Airtable and database.
KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.
We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.
KQED Code of Ethics https://www.kqed.org/about/code-ethics
The mission that drives us:
KQED provide citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.
This role will work hybrid between working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters and working remotely.
The successful candidate will be required to join The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA DP).
Essential Functions:
- Produces a variety of editorial content for all platforms, from radio and audio to the web, mobile and engagement.
- Researches, reports, writes and produces audio from the studio and in the field for radio broadcast and for the web.
- Interviews and book sources and guests.
- Coordinates in-depth special projects and series, as assigned.
- Works with Editors, Hosts and others on the KQED News team in developing coverage strategies and daily assignments.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Experience as broadcast, print and/or online journalist, including news reporting, editing and production.
- Excellent reporting skills.
- Excellent news writing skills; the ability to write quickly and accurately, with an understanding of tone and style across platforms; proficiency using correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and pronunciation
- Excellent news judgment.
- Good editing skills.
- Strong time management skills.
- Thorough command of journalistic principles, ethics and standards.
- Strong command of sound editing and radio production techniques.
- Experience of web, mobile social media platform editing and publishing.
- Ability to interview and communicate with a variety of individuals.
- Ability to research and communicate through a variety of mobile and digital tools.
- Ability to meet deadlines and goals while working under pressure
- Proven collaboration skills — which are essential in working with fellow KQED staffers across departments and with partner organizations
- Ability to stay organized and prioritize tasks when working on multiple projects at once
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may be required to perform other related duties as necessary to meet the ongoing needs of this organization.
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Salary : $83,761 - $97,177