Streaming Associate Producer

Fox•Lake Mary, FL

About The Position

WOFL FOX 35 Orlando is seeking a Streaming Associate Producer to support daily streaming coverage and maintain an engaging viewer experience across FOX LOCAL and other digital platforms. The role helps produce weekend streaming coverage alongside the weekend host and supports live coverage during the remaining weekdays, including identifying and booking timely newsmakers, preparing interviews, and responding to breaking and developing stories across Central Florida. The associate producer develops and produces live and on-demand content for FOX 35 Orlando and FOX LOCAL, contributes to streaming, broadcast, digital, and social stories, and coordinates with newsroom and field colleagues on production needs. The role requires strong news judgment, accurate and compelling writing, the ability to work effectively under tight deadlines, and a commitment to journalistic ethics, fairness, and community service. Flexibility to work weekends, holidays, and varied hours is required.

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 learn and use newsroom, editing, publishing, and production software systems effectively.
Ability to collaborate 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.
Flexibility to work weekends, holidays, and varied hours.
Ability to regularly stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear; occasionally climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
Close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

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 Central Florida / Orlando news, communities, weather, politics, public safety, culture, and other issues important to local audiences.

Responsibilities

Support development and production of live and on-demand streaming content for FOX 35 Orlando and FOX LOCAL.
Help produce weekend streaming programming, including rundowns, segments, interviews, video, graphics, and other production elements.
Identify timely Central Florida stories, newsmakers, and guests for 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 and developing stories and help build and update live coverage quickly.
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 to complete assigned stories.
Coordinate video, graphics, logistics, and other production needs with reporters, photographers, editors, producers, and field teams.
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.