VP News Director

FOX Television Stations • Milwaukee, WI

2d • $170,000 - $190,000

About The Position

FOX Television Stations, one of the nation’s largest owned-and-operated broadcast groups, is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Vice President, News & Content to lead the FOX 6 newsroom and content strategy across all platforms. This role oversees editorial vision, newsroom leadership, and a 24/7 content operation spanning broadcast, streaming, digital, FAST channels, and social media. The ideal candidate is a strong newsroom leader who values high-impact journalism, people-first leadership, and innovation in streaming and digital storytelling.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of senior newsroom leadership experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, or related field preferred.
• Proven people leader with strong emotional intelligence and coaching skills.
• Excellent communicator with strong editorial judgment and commitment to ethical journalism.
• Demonstrated success driving streaming and digital audience growth.
• Strong understanding of analytics, research, and performance metrics.
• Ability to lead calmly and decisively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Flexibility to work nights, weekends, holidays, and during breaking news or severe weather.
• Ability to travel locally and nationally as needed.
• Must meet standard physical and operational requirements of the role.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage newsroom personnel to deliver high-quality, continuous live and on-demand content.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing newsroom culture rooted in empathy, accountability, and clear communication.
• Recruit, develop, coach, and mentor talent, with a focus on professional growth and succession planning.
• Serve as a steady leader during breaking news, severe weather, and crisis situations.
• Take an active role in addressing personnel matters, collaborating with internal partners to ensure they are addressed properly.
• Oversee editorial direction and content production across all platforms.
• Set and uphold editorial and ethical standards to ensure accurate, balanced, and trusted journalism.
• Drive a live breaking news strategy focused on urgency, clarity, and community relevance.
• Act as the voice of the viewer, ensuring coverage reflects and serves the Milwaukee community.
• Develop and execute innovative 24/7 content strategies and original programming, with priority on streaming platforms including FOX Local.
• Ensure seamless integration of content across linear, digital, streaming, FAST, and social platforms.
• Lead a digital-first, streaming-forward content strategy using analytics and audience insights to drive real-time engagement and audience growth across platforms.
• Set newsroom priorities, budgets, forecasts, and resource allocation.
• Stay ahead of media trends, emerging technologies, and evolving audience behaviors.
• Partner closely with the SVP & General Manager to align newsroom strategy with station and company goals and ensure 24/7 communication of critical information.

Benefits

• various benefits, including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees