Producer

Surround Sound News; United States; Remoto; USD 60.000 - 95.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Surround Sound News is seeking a Producer who blends journalism, audience engagement, and AI-native workflows to help launch new sites and decide what drafts become published. You will review AI drafts, make editorial calls under deadline, spot missing angles, and respond to readers with corrections.

This role rewards sharp news judgment and a passion for local community storytelling. Remote, US-based, full-time position with room to grow as our newsroom evolves and audiences rely on timely

Qualificações

• Journalist or recent graduate with strong editorial instincts.
• Sharp news judgment and attention to detail.
• Understanding of how coverage travels and what readers engage with.
• Passion for local news and community storytelling.

Responsabilidades

• Be the human in the loop: review and refine AI drafts before publication.
• Make editorial calls under deadline and kill what does not hold up.
• Identify missing angles and add necessary context for richer reporting.
• Handle corrections and reader feedback directly.

Conhecimentos

Editorial judgment

News sense

Attention to detail

Storytelling

Formação

Journalism degree or recent graduate

Descrição da vaga

Newsroom · Remote, US · Full-time# ProducerOwn outlets, decide what runs on them, and be the named person accountable for a newsroom in its community.Apply by emailAll open roles## The roleA Producer is equal parts journalist, engagement lead and AI-native. You help launch new sites and you decide what the tools draft becomes, and what deserves to be published.## What you will do* **Be the human in the loop.** Review and refine what the tools draft before anything goes live, and catch errors, weak framing, or anything that feels off.* **Make the editorial call.** Decide what runs, under deadline, and kill what does not hold up.* **Find what is missing.** Spot the stories the system did not catch, add the context and colour that make coverage useful, and push for better reporting.* **Answer for the work.** Handle corrections and reader mail yourself.## Who we are looking for* A journalist, or a recent graduate, who wants to build something new.* Strong editorial instincts: you know what is newsworthy and what is not.* A stickler for detail and accuracy, with a copy editor's eye.* You understand how coverage travels and what readers actually pick up.* You care about local news and community storytelling.* You move quickly and you like that the work is still changing shape.## What you will get better atLocal news is being rebuilt right now, and the people doing it are deciding what it becomes. Our Producers take on real responsibility: choosing what a community learns about itself, holding the standards that make a story trustworthy, and answering to readers for what we publish.You will learn tools most newsrooms are still arguing about, and you will use them in service of something old-fashioned: telling people what they need to know about where they live.You do not need experience with AI tools. You need news judgment. The tooling is learnable in a week and we will teach it.## How to applySend a resume and three links to work you are proud of to [e-mail]. Tell us why this role. We read everything.