Remote News Producer: Live & Investigative Reporting

NBCUniversal Intl.; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote position

Job summary

NBC News in Dallas, TX is seeking a seasoned Producer to support newsgathering, storytelling, and live production across platforms. This role will work closely with a Correspondent and production teams to pitch, develop, report, and execute compelling journalism—from breaking news to in-depth features, investigative reporting to national coverage.

The ideal candidate has strong writing, research, editing, and editorial judgment, and thrives in field, on-location, or control room environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in network news, cable, or talk show production, including live and taped segments.
• Strong journalistic writing, research, and editorial judgment skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of U.S. politics, current events, pop culture, and lifestyle trends.
• Experience shooting (DSLR or iPhone) and editing (Avid and/or Adobe Premiere).
• Strong ability to navigate newsroom tools and technology (Slack, NCX, Latakoo, etc.)
• Proven ability to work in fast-paced environments under tight deadlines.
• Must be willing to work nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime with short notice.
• Must be able to travel frequently, domestically and internationally.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills; ability to collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Correspondent and show teams to develop, report, and deliver strong, visually compelling stories with clear narratives and well-researched journalism.
• Pitch, field produce, write, and fact-check stories across NBC News linear and streaming platforms.
• Conduct original reporting, deep research, and source interviews.
• Secure guest bookings in a competitive environment; conduct pre-interviews and prepare talking points.
• Ability to travel at a moment’s notice to cover a story and commit to staying on the road as long as the story takes.
• Collaborate with control rooms, senior producers, and editorial teams to build rundowns, write intros, and produce live and taped segments.
• Oversee field operations, including live shots, remote anchor setups, and breaking news coverage.
• Track and manage correspondent’s schedule when working with them closely.
• Work closely with editors to ensure high-quality video packages, graphics, and sound.
• Partner with Standards & Legal to ensure all content adheres to editorial and corporate guidelines.
• Maintain strong communication between the Correspondent, senior leadership, assignment desk and production teams.
• Contribute ideas for a wide range of content including news-of-day, lifestyle features, celebrity interviews, and human-interest stories.

Skills

Journalistic writing

Editing (Avid/Adobe Premiere)

Field production

Travel readiness

Newsroom tools (Slack, NCX, Latakoo)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or related field

Tools

Avid

Adobe Premiere

Slack

NCX

Latakoo

Job description

NBC News in Dallas, TX is seeking a seasoned Producer to support newsgathering, storytelling, and live production across platforms. This role will work closely with a Correspondent and production teams to pitch, develop, report, and execute compelling journalism—from breaking news to in-depth features, investigative reporting to national coverage.

The ideal candidate has strong writing, research, editing, and editorial judgment, and thrives in field, on-location, or control room environments.