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Responsibilities

• Write, edit, publish, and update content across WNYT's website, app, streaming, and social platforms.
• Produce and optimize digital content using video, photos, graphics, and other multimedia assets.
• Apply AP style, SEO best practices, and platform-specific storytelling techniques.
• Adapt broadcast content for digital audiences and identify opportunities to expand coverage online.
• Create and publish social content that promotes coverage and engages audiences.
• Use social platforms to distribute breaking news, weather updates, and community information.
• Monitor audience trends and analytics to strengthen content performance and reach.
• Work closely with reporters, anchors, photographers, assignment editors, managers, and production staff to develop and execute coverage plans.
• Participate in editorial meetings, contribute story ideas, and support enterprise and digital-first coverage.
• Monitor news sources, conduct research, gather background information, and assist with story development and follow-up coverage.
• Produce assigned newscasts, including building rundowns, selecting stories, managing timing, and making editorial decisions under deadline.
• Write and edit broadcast content, including anchor copy, teases, breaking news updates, and other newscast elements.
• Coordinate video, graphics, live shots, and newsroom teams to ensure accurate and compelling coverage.
• Review content for accuracy, clarity, fairness, and adherence to station standards.
• Support special projects, extended coverage, and other newscasts as assigned.
• Use newsroom, production, and content management systems to create and publish content across platforms.
• Utilize analytics and digital tools to support editorial decision-making and audience growth.
• Maintain organized newsroom materials and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 1 to 3 years of experience in television news production, digital news production, or a newsroom setting preferred.
• Strong writing, editing, grammar, and AP style skills.
• Sound editorial judgment and the ability to make quick, accurate decisions during breaking news.
• Ability to produce a television newscast, build rundowns, write scripts, manage timing, coordinate visual elements, and adjust to breaking news.
• Experience with digital publishing tools, social media platforms, basic video editing, and graphics tools such as Adobe Creative Suite or Canva.
• Familiarity with SEO, social media analytics, audience engagement practices, and digital performance metrics.
• Understanding of television producing, including rundowns, script writing, timing, video, graphics, live shots, control room communication, and live news coverage.
• Ability to write for different platforms, including broadcast, web, mobile, streaming, and social media.
• Ability to work collaboratively, manage multiple priorities, and meet tight deadlines.
• Initiative and creativity in developing fresh, community-focused content.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work well with anchors, reporters, photographers, editors, directors, producers, assignment editors, and managers.
• Ability to work weekdays, weekends and holidays, early morning, midday and evening shifts.
• Must have reliable form of transportation and valid driver's license.
• Driving record will be checked.
• Average sitting, standing and office-type movements.
• Light lifting, moving and pulling abilities.
• Ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to hear and see clearly.
• Dexterity to manipulate computer keys and other controls as well as other office equipment.
• Requires the ability to think critically and tactically and to articulate information in clear, concise manner to others verbally and in writing.
• Must be able to think quickly and work under tight deadlines and in pressure situations.
• The successful candidate must be able to perform the essential functions of the job.
• The Company will make reasonable accommodations to facilitate a person's ability to perform those essential job functions.

Skills

• AP style
• SEO best practices
• Digital storytelling
• Video editing
• Graphic design
• Social media management
• Audience analytics
• Content management systems
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Canva

Experience Level

• 1 to 3 years of experience

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience.