Streaming Associate Producer

Fox•Tampa, FL

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About The Position

FOX 13 Tampa Bay/WTVT is seeking a Streaming Associate Producer to support daily streaming coverage and help maintain an engaging viewer experience across FOX LOCAL and digital platforms. The role helps produce weekend streaming coverage alongside the weekend host. On weekdays, the Associate Producer supports live coverage by identifying and booking timely newsmakers, preparing interviews, and helping the streaming team respond to breaking news and developing stories across Tampa Bay. This hands-on newsroom role calls for strong writing and news judgment, creativity, and the ability to contribute to coverage across streaming, digital, social, and linear platforms. The Associate Producer supports live and on-demand content development and production, helps create weekend programming, researches and prepares guests and interviews, writes and edits copy, and selects visual elements for stories and segments. The role coordinates with newsroom and field colleagues, assists with live-stream production, contributes ideas for segments and formats, and upholds journalistic ethics, accuracy, fairness, and community service. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, broadcasting, digital media, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
At least 2 years of experience in news production, digital journalism, streaming, or a related newsroom role.
Strong writing, editing, research, and storytelling skills.
Strong news judgment and commitment to factual accuracy.
Experience writing and producing content for digital, streaming, broadcast, or social platforms.
Ability to identify compelling stories, guests, and angles for live and on-demand coverage.
Ability to work quickly and accurately during breaking news and developing stories.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple assignments under tight deadlines.
Familiarity with video, graphics, digital publishing, and social media workflows.
Ability to quickly learn and effectively use newsroom, editing, publishing, and production software systems.
Ability to collaborate effectively with producers, anchors, reporters, photographers, editors, and digital teams.
Ability to respond well to direction, feedback, and changing editorial priorities.
Dependability, professionalism, and willingness to work a flexible schedule.
Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced newsroom and live-production environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience producing or assisting with live newscasts, streams, or digital programming.
Experience researching and booking guests or newsmakers for live interviews.
Experience preparing interview questions, research, and supporting materials.
Experience with FOX LOCAL, CTV, OTT, or other digital video platforms.
Experience creating graphics, maps, and other visual elements for news coverage.
Experience with newsroom rundown, content-management, video-editing, graphics, and social-publishing tools.
Experience producing short-form or vertical video for social platforms.
Experience monitoring audience engagement or content-performance analytics.
Experience working in a fast-paced local newsroom.
Knowledge of Tampa Bay news, communities, weather, politics, public safety, culture, and other issues important to local audiences.

Responsibilities

Support the development and production of live and on-demand streaming content for FOX 13 Tampa Bay and FOX LOCAL.
Help produce weekend streaming programming, including rundowns, segments, interviews, video, graphics, and other production elements.
Identify timely Tampa Bay stories, newsmakers, and guests to add context and perspective to live coverage.
Research, pitch, and book guests for live interviews and streaming segments.
Prepare interview research, questions, background materials, and supporting visual elements.
Monitor breaking news and developing stories and help quickly build and update live coverage.
Write clear, compelling, and accurate copy for streaming, digital, social, and linear platforms.
Select and organize video, soundbites, graphics, maps, user-generated content, and other visual elements for assigned stories and segments.
Write copy that complements video, sound, and other visual elements.
Proofread and edit streaming, broadcast, and digital copy for accuracy, grammar, spelling, and editorial standards.
Track developing stories and provide timely updates as information becomes available.
Research and gather information, video, graphics, and other materials needed for assigned stories.
Coordinate with reporters, photographers, editors, producers, and field teams on video, graphics, logistics, and other production needs.
Assist with live-streaming production and help ensure streams run smoothly and accurately.
Organize, write, and edit stories for streaming, newscasts, digital, and social platforms as assigned by Producers and/or the Executive Producer.
Contribute ideas for conversational segments, interviews, and new streaming formats.
Build productive relationships with newsroom leadership and colleagues to strengthen content development and production.
Maintain a commitment to journalistic ethics, accuracy, fairness, and community service.
Perform other duties as assigned.