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About the Role

CBC News is seeking a creative editorial leader with sharp news judgment to lead its live and daily audio news programming on weekends. This role drives daily programming with a hyper-focus on live and breaking national and international news for hourly radio news and podcast programs, World Report and The World This Hour. You will bring an audience-first mindset, shaping compelling content for both podcast and terrestrial radio formats. You are expected to steer daily editorial meetings, stimulate creative discussions, and identify impactful stories and treatments. You will react decisively to major developments, track stories in real time, and reshape shows on the fly to ensure audiences receive essential content. You will support colleagues during extended live coverage and utilize extensive studio skills in a fast-paced setting. You will foster a culture of diversity and inclusion, provide constructive feedback, guide complex editorial decisions, and teach advanced writing and producing skills. You will ensure all CBC journalistic standards are met, ensuring stories are fair, balanced, accurate, thoughtful, immediate, and resonate with the communities served. Reporting to the Executive Producer of Live & Daily News, Weekends, you will help meet CBC’s strategic goals, including cross-platform work to meet audience needs.

Responsibilities

Determine story priorities, develop innovative content strategies, and expertly guide teams through live, breaking, and ongoing news coverage.
Guide the team on story length, deadlines, updates, and audio treatments.
Develop and practice a culture of embracing breaking news and leaning into developing stories with a disciplined focus on audience needs and CBC News strategy.
Collaborate with broadcast, streaming, and digital teams to ensure a full live experience across all platforms.
Exercise editorial responsibility over daily production and live broadcasting.
Co-ordinate resources and determine the look, style, and pace of the lineup to maintain consistency with network mandates.
Thrive under intense deadline pressures.
Drive continuous improvement, be agile and adaptable in transforming newsroom structures and roles, and lead transitions.
Understand what motivates people, welcome feedback, and carefully consider input when aligning your team around shared goals.
Celebrate success.
Facilitate open, inclusive story meetings.
Encourage story pitches and development.
Collaborate across CBC News platforms to co-ordinate content, such raw sound, clipped material, and packaged audio items.
Actively support staff development, provide ongoing constructive feedback and coaching.
Connect regularly with senior leadership about staffing and scheduling requirements and team culture.
Translate insights and data to guide content decisions to expand reach to new and younger news consumers, and to deepen engagement with all Canadians.
Strictly uphold CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices at all times.
Step in to perform all or part of the functions of an equivalent or lower classification as needed.

Requirements

Minimum of seven years in broadcast journalism.
Proven experience producing live and breaking news programming, including production planning and resource co-ordination.
Demonstrated ability as a programmer with a keen ear for pacing, tone, and presentation.
Mandatory experience taking programs to air, alongside highly developed audio production skills.
Exceptional problem-solving skills to navigate fast-moving, high-pressure news situations.
Adept at verifying and fact-checking content.
Superior coaching abilities to support developing journalists, veteran staff, and on-air hosts.
Exceptional communication, organizational, and feedback skills.
A deep commitment to public broadcasting.
Understanding of modern industry trends.
Ability to identify legal and ethical issues in journalism.
Application of CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices.
Submit a cover letter with your resume to assess written communication.
Portfolio should include work produced for audio and streaming platforms.
Do not use generative artificial intelligence in your submission.
Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
Candidates who advance will be asked to complete a background check, including a mandatory Criminal record check.
Other background checks may be conducted based on operational requirements.

Skills

Journalism
Audio production
Live broadcast production
Breaking news production
Production planning
Resource co-ordination
Programming
Pacing
Tone
Presentation
Audio production skills
iNews
Dalet
Avid Media Central
Google tools for content creation, distribution, and planning
Critical thinking
Problem-solving
Fact-checking
Politics
Business
Science
Sports
Entertainment
Health
Coaching
Communication
Organizational skills
Feedback skills
Public broadcasting
Modern industry trends
Legal and ethical issues in journalism
CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices

Location

Toronto, Ontario

Work Type

On-Site
Full-time
Permanent

Experience Level

Senior
Minimum of seven years in broadcast journalism

Education Level

University degree or college diploma in journalism, audio production, or a related field

About the Company

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms.
Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.
We are a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.
CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity.
We create and tell stories that connect Canadians by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country.
We value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster.

Equal Opportunity

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity.
We value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster.
If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.