Streaming News Producer

Fox; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

FOX TV Stations seeks a Streaming News Producer for FOX LOCAL in Seattle. The role focuses on live streaming, social video, and platform-native storytelling across FOX LOCAL and major social channels.

You will produce and manage live coverage of breaking news and events, oversee streaming tools, create platform-native content, and drive audience growth through data-driven decisions while maintaining journalistic standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in journalism or related field.
• 3+ years of experience producing digital video, live streams, or social-first news.
• Strong editorial judgment and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Produce and manage live streaming coverage of breaking news, live events, press conferences, and original programming for FOX LOCAL and social platforms.
• Operate and oversee streaming production tools, including live switching, encoding, clipping, publishing, and real-time troubleshooting.
• Create platform-native digital and social video content, including live clips, short-form video, graphics, and text-based storytelling optimized for mobile & CTV consumption.
• Distribute and optimize content across the FOX Local app, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, and emerging platforms with an emphasis on audience growth and engagement.
• Collaborate with newsroom, digital, social, and production/engineering teams to align coverage, workflows, and priorities across platforms.
• Monitor real-time analytics, audience behavior, and trending topics to inform editorial and production decisions before, during, and after live streams.
• Ensure all content meets journalistic standards, legal requirements, and FOX group guidelines for quality, accuracy, and consistency.
• Participate in ongoing testing and refinement of streaming formats, tools, and workflows.
• Assist in the planning, production and publication of regular podcasts on both VOD and audio platforms.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Live streaming

Digital journalism

Social video

Editorial judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Video editing

Job description

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Fox TV 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

KCPQ/KZJO FOX 13 Seattle is seeking a Streaming News Producer with strong technical instincts and a deep understanding of digital-first news production. This role is centered on live streaming, social video, and platform-native storytelling. You will be responsible for producing, managing, and optimizing live and on-demand content across FOX LOCAL and major social platforms, ensuring coverage is fast, accurate, visually compelling, and technically sound.

Reporting to the Streaming Executive Producer, the ideal candidate is fluent in the mechanics of streaming production and social/digital distribution, CTV, and understands how audiences consume news outside of linear TV with a balance of speed, quality, and journalistic integrity. This is a hands‑on role for someone who thrives in a live environment and wants to build the future of local news.

Does This Sound Like You?

You are digitally native, technically confident, and calm under pressure. You understand streaming workflows, live video production, and best practices for digital and social platforms. You have strong news judgment, pay close attention to detail, and can make smart editorial and technical decisions quickly. You enjoy collaborating across teams, experimenting with new formats, and using data to improve performance. You want to create content that reaches audiences where they are and keeps them coming back.

Responsibilities

• Produce and manage live streaming coverage of breaking news, live events, press conferences, and original programming for FOX LOCAL and social platforms.
• Operate and oversee streaming production tools, including live switching, encoding, clipping, publishing, and real‑time troubleshooting.
• Create platform‑native digital and social video content, including live clips, short‑form video, graphics, and text‑based storytelling optimized for mobile & CTV consumption.
• Distribute and optimize content across the FOX Local app, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, and emerging platforms with an emphasis on audience growth and engagement.
• Collaborate with newsroom, digital, social, and production/engineering teams to align coverage, workflows, and priorities across platforms.
• Monitor real‑time analytics, audience behavior, and trending topics to inform editorial and production decisions before, during, and after live streams.
• Ensure all content meets journalistic standards, legal requirements, and FOX group guidelines for quality, accuracy, and consistency.
• Participate in ongoing testing and refinement of streaming formats, tools, and workflows.
• Assist in the planning, production and publication of regular podcasts on both VOD and audio platforms.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred, ideally in Journalism, Communications, Media Production, TV/Film production, or a related field with a digital focus.
• 3 or more years of experience producing digital video, live streams, or social-first news content; newsroom experience strongly preferred.
• Strong technical proficiency with live streaming workflows, including video switching, live publishing, clipping, and distribution.
• Hands‑on experience with video editing tools and production software, Adobe Creative Suite experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated understanding of social media platforms, video formats, and audience behavior across digital ecosystems.
• Experience using analytics tools to measure performance and adjust content strategy in real time.
• Excellent editorial judgment, writing skills, and attention to detail in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams.
• Flexibility to work weekends, holidays, and non‑traditional hours as news demands.

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