Producer

Current Newspaper; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

WUSF Tampa is seeking an organized engagement producer and reporter for its flagship public affairs program and podcast. You will connect with people across the greater Tampa Bay region, help identify topics, book guests, and craft stories across audio, video, and digital formats.

This role blends reporting, writing, and production for daily shows, with studio work in Tampa and collaboration with executive producers, hosts, and newsroom staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, or related field plus two years of directly related experience; or a Master’s degree in the fields listed above. Four years of vocational/technical training and experience may substitute for the Bachelor’s degree requirement.
• Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Journalism with four years of experience.

Responsibilities

• This journalist contributes to daily show/podcast content as a producer, reporter, scheduler and writer.
• They plan, research and help put together the pieces of a daily audio show and podcast, in conjunction with the Executive Producer, Host and other newsroom staff.
• This includes identifying, booking and pre-interviewing guests.
• They actively report within the community and engage with people whose concerns and interest can become topics or segments within the show/podcast. This can include breaking news.
• They will create journalism to be used on multiple platforms – such as call-in shows, social media videos, pre-produced audio segments and digital Q&As.
• This job requires work in the WUSF Tampa studios during live shows.
• Assistants with program promotion.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, or related field

Master’s degree in Journalism, Communications, or related field

Job description

The engagement producer and reporter for WUSF’s flagship public affairs program and podcast is an organized, self-starting journalist inspired to connect with and telling the stories of people who live in the greater Tampa Bay region. This producer and reporter relishes writing and helping put together the pieces of an audio and YouTube show. Engaging with people and listening is a core responsibility. They will help identify topics, book guests and create stories —digital, social media and broadcast that involve people in rural, suburban and urban communities. This person loves journalism created on multiple platforms – like call-in shows and social media videos, pre-produced audio segments and digital Q&As.

Responsibilities

This journalist contributes to daily show/podcast content as a producer, reporter, scheduler and writer.

They plan, research and help put together the pieces of a daily audio show and podcast, in conjunction with the Executive Producer, Host and other newsroom staff. This includes identifying, booking and pre-interviewing guests.

They actively report within the community and engage with people whose concerns and interest can become topics or segments within the show/podcast. This can include breaking news.

They will create journalism to be used on multiple platforms – such as call-in shows, social media videos, pre-produced audio segments and digital Q&As. This job requires work in the WUSF Tampa studios during live shows.

Assistants with program promotion.

Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

This position a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, or related field and two years of directly related experience; or a Master’s degree in the fields listed above. Four years of vocational/technical training and experience may substitute for the Bachelor’s degree requirement.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Journalism with four years of experience.