Freelance Host/Producer, LiveNOW (Orlando or Phoenix)

Fox Corporation; Florida; On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Fox TV Stations' LiveNOW from FOX is seeking Freelance Host/Producers to join the national live streaming news offering. You will host live streams, drive viewer engagement, and support other hosts behind the scenes, balancing in-front-of-camera duties with behind-the-scenes production.

This role blends on-air hosting with newsroom production, requiring journalism experience, strong editorial judgment, and the ability to adapt to fast-paced breaking news.

Qualifications

• Experience with digital news production and live streaming workflows.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, unscripted breaking news environments.
• Strong editorial judgment and attention to detail.
• Proven on-air hosting or reporting experience.

Responsibilities

• Gather, produce, and present live coverage of breaking news and major events across digital, streaming, social, and broadcast platforms.
• Host live streams, guiding viewers through developing stories in a clear, engaging, and informative manner.
• Research, plan, and build editorial coverage, including booking guests, coordinating interviews, and preparing for upcoming news events.
• Manage live video production elements including switching, graphics, and stream execution.
• Monitor live feeds, wires, social media, and newsgathering tools to identify breaking news and emerging stories.
• Execute and evolve the editorial plan, maintaining calendars and ensuring coverage is forward-looking and well-coordinated.
• Collaborate with FOX O&O stations and internal/external partners to source live video, interviews, and content.
• Pitch story ideas and contribute to editorial decision-making while upholding journalistic standards.
• Monitor real-time analytics to inform coverage decisions and optimize content performance.
• Support teammates across roles, including stepping in on-air or behind the scenes as needed.
• Maintain strong relationships with key contacts and sources to support coverage.

Skills

Live news

On-air hosting

Editorial judgment

Research planning

Live streaming

TriCaster

Communication

Flex hours

Tools

TriCaster

Job description

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY Fox TV Stations FOX Television Stations (FTS) owns and operates 29 full power broadcast television stations, including stations in 14 of the top 15 markets and duopolies in 11. Eighteen are FOX Network affiliates, and together the stations produce approximately 1,300 hours of local news every week. FOX LOCAL, the company's free ad-supported digital and streaming product, extends that news, weather and local content across connected TV & mobile devices. LiveNOW from FOX expands the FTS portfolio even further as the only national streaming services to be truly live 24/7, covering breaking news and events as they happen.

JOB DESCRIPTION LiveNOW from FOX is looking for Freelance Host/Producers to join FOX TV Stations' national live streaming news offering. As a Host/Producer, you will be part of the team that keeps viewers informed and engaged at all hours of the day! You'll get the best of both worlds – hosting live, on-air coverage and driving viewer engagement while supporting other hosts behind the scenes. This flexible role is ideal for a dynamic journalist who thrives both in front of the camera and behind the scenes. You'll balance real-time coverage of what's happening right now with forward-thinking content presentation and finding innovative ways to help viewers find the live events and latest updates they're looking for. LiveNOW brings viewers the most relevant and engaging live news coverage occurring right now across the country and the world. We are a team of passionate journalists and content producers seamlessly moving between the biggest events and stories as they happen to keep our audience informed. LiveNOW is always raw, live, and unfiltered, with limited commentary and no opinion.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Gather, produce, and present live coverage of breaking news and major events across digital, streaming, social, and broadcast platforms.
• Host live streams, guiding viewers through developing stories in a clear, engaging, and informative manner.
• Research, plan, and build editorial coverage, including booking guests, coordinating interviews, and preparing for upcoming news events.
• Manage live video production elements including switching, graphics, and stream execution.
• Monitor live feeds, wires, social media, and newsgathering tools to identify breaking news and emerging stories.
• Execute and evolve the editorial plan, maintaining calendars and ensuring coverage is forward-looking and well-coordinated.
• Collaborate with FOX O&O stations and internal/external partners to source live video, interviews, and content.
• Pitch story ideas and contribute to editorial decision-making while upholding journalistic standards.
• Monitor real-time analytics to inform coverage decisions and optimize content performance.
• Support teammates across roles, including stepping in on-air or behind the scenes as needed.
• Maintain strong relationships with key contacts and sources to support coverage.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Strong knowledge of current events and a deep understanding of how audiences consume news across digital platforms.
• Proven ability to communicate clearly and confidently both on-air and behind the scenes in a fast-paced, unscripted breaking news environment.
• Excellent editorial judgment, research skills, and attention to detail.
• Experience with digital news production, live streaming workflows, and newsroom technologies (e.g., TriCaster or similar).
• Strong organizational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and think several steps ahead.
• Ability to thrive under pressure and pivot quickly as news develops.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Proficiency in newsgathering tools, social media, and digital analytics platforms.
• On-camera hosting or reporting experience required.
• Flexibility to work varied hours, weekends, and holidays as news demands.

Why Join LiveNOW from FOX?

At LiveNOW, you'll be part of a team redefining how news is delivered in the digital era. We bring audiences live, unfiltered news and events from around the country in real time—no scripts, no anchors, just the story as it unfolds. With millions of viewers tuning in across multiple platforms, this is your chance to help shape the future of live digital journalism.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $75,000.00-85,000.00 annually.

We're disruptors. We're big dreamers. We're believers in the future, in possibility, in potential. We're reinventing the world, every day. We create content for audiences big and small, global and local. We put our audiences first, and work hard to bring them stories they'll love, wherever they are and however they watch, listen and learn.

Whatever your discipline, from on-air talent to behind-the-scenes tech guru to business and finance, the career opportunities at FOX are exciting, rewarding and game-changing. We seek out the most talented individuals – the dreamers, the disruptors and the visionaries –and we want them to know that they matter.

We're committed to helping every single one of our employees feel valued and inspired, every day.