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Job Opportunity: Multimedia Producer - This Is Nashville:Nashville Public Radio

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Multimedia Producer - This Is Nashville

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Headline: Join WPLN's everyday ShowThis Is NashvilleAs A Multimedia Producer
Be part of the creative, journalistic engine that powers our everyday show.
Weekdays at noon,This Is Nashvilleprovides a platform for conversation. WPLN's first-ever everyday show brings a wide variety of topics to life by centering diverse voices from across the city and region alongside in-depth original reporting and the latest on the day's top news.
As one of our multimedia producers, you will find and book engaging guests, produce top-notch audio and digital content to help shape the sound, focus and editorial direction ofThis Is Nashville. You'll be responsible for making clear and professional editorial, audio and social media decisions as part of a tight-knit team, in collaboration with our newsroom, and under the pressure of everyday deadlines.
We're looking for Somebody with superior creative and editorial judgment who fully grasps our community-first approach and knows what kinds of conversations will make listeners lean in. If you want to help audiences understand and connect with local issues and their fellow community members, while also shaping the sound and direction of a show, this job is for you. (Extra points for bringing humor and thoughtfulness to a fast-paced news environment.)
What would you be doing?
Here are the job responsibilities for a everyday show producer atThis Is Nashville:
   » Work 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, with nights and weekends as necessary.
   » Produce 1-2 shows per week.
   » Produce sound-rich features and scenes.
   » Adapt segments and features for use across digital platforms: In addition to the radio show, your work will live on our website and on social media.
   » Identify and book guests.
   » Pitch and develop episode topics.
   » Spend time reporting out in the field, building and maintaining new source relationships with underrepresented communities.
   » Prepare the host and others for the show with background, research and context.
   » Additional show logistical and administrative support as needed.
   » Help foster a positive workplace culture.
   » Other tasks as assigned.
What isThis Is Nashville?
This Is Nashvilleis the flagship everyday show from WPLN News and Nashville Public Radio. Since our launch in March 2022, we've broadcast more than 500 shows on wide-ranging topics, fromNashville nightlifetodomestic violence. Our show is a journey into the identity of Nashville, and a lot of our work dives into our history and its significance to the city we know today.
We've taken listeners out into the field with us on aquest to find the purple martins, a night out at one of fewremaining lesbian bars in the country, acelebration in Promise Land, Tennessee, and a hike tofind a rare and extremely valuable ?miracle plant.'
WPLN News is the newsroom of Nashville Public Radio, a community-licensed, nonprofit news outlet that strives to cover our region with context, courage and respect. Within the newsroom, our collaborative and diverse team works together to help every journalist realize their potential on the job, while also giving them space to live a full life outside of it. We strive to execute at the highest level: In recent years, our newsroom has received a Peabody, a National Murrow Award and a Pulitzer finalist nod, as well as the Daniel Schorr Prize for the best public media journalist under 35.
Appropriate qualifications:
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Essential Special Skills:
   » Detail-oriented with strong organizational and communication skills.
   » Flexibility to respond to last-minute changes and crisis management.
   » Production skills with a keen sense of what makes compelling segments.
   » capability to work under pressure, juggle logistical details, and solve problems creatively.
   »Commitment to Diversity and Community Engagement:
   » Demonstrated capability to reach out to and include diverse communities.
   » practice building and maintaining significant source relationships.
   » Strong community-first editorial judgment and knowledge of current media trends.
   »Technical and Research Special Skills:
   » practice working with on-air hosts and securing engaging guests.
   » Excellent research and interview preparation skills.
   » Competent knowledge of what makes a compelling segment.
   » Command of details and audio logistics for prosperous broadcasts or recordings.
   » Familiarity with digital platforms like Instagram, X (Twitter), and TikTok to maximize audience engagement.
   » Audio production skills are a plus.
Physical Demands
The employee in this position is frequently standing, walking, or sitting; using hands to finger, handle, or feel; reaching with hands and arms, and talking or hearing.
Lifts Weight or Exerts Force Work Environment
The employee in this position may regularly lift up to 20 pounds.
Vision
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and capability to adjust focus.
income Information
$50,000+ (Negotiable located on practice)
About Nashville Public Radio
Nashville Public Radio serves Middle Tennessee by providing trusted in-depth news, engaging music, and unique cultural programs on 90.3 FM WPLN News, WNXP, Nashville Classical Radio, and our various digital platforms. For more than 60 years, listeners have turned to this community supported service for programming that inspires conversation and curiosity, educates, and entertains. Our values are
   » To operate the station at the highest level of professional standards and integrity.
   » To be responsive to our listeners, members, supporters, and public.
   » To exhibit mutual respect for our peers and audience.
   » To value the member and community support that our station receives.
   » To work together in an environment that encourages participation and sharing of the decisions that affect the station and our listeners.
WPLN News is the newsroom of Nashville Public Radio, a community-licensed, nonprofit news outlet that strives to cover our region with context, courage and respect. We aim to hold officials accountable and serve audiences that are often underrepresented in positions of power, including people of color, immigrants and those in the working class.
Within the newsroom, our collaborative and diverse team works together to help every journalist realize their potential on the job, while also giving them space to live a full life outside of it. We strive to execute at the highest level: Since 2019, our newsroom has received a Peabody, a national Murrow Award and a Pulitzer finalist nod, as well as the Daniel Schorr Prize for the best public media journalist under 35. And we have continuing collaborations with outside organizations, including ProPublica, Serial and the local Spanish-language outlet Nashville Noticias, to expand the reach and scope of our journalism.
Nashville Public Radio is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusivity in our hiring. Nashville Public Radio is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, discapability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.
Nashville Public Radio offers a generous benefit package including medical, vision, dental, and an robust Employee Assistance Program inclusive of six free sessions of counseling each year and basic legal assistance. Long-term discapability and life insurance are provided at no cost to employees. We also have up to 40 days of paid parental or medical leave, inclusive for adoptive and/or foster parents.
In addition to these benefits, employees receive vacation and sick leave, access to a 401(k) plan with employer matching, and 13 paid holidays, 2 of which are floating to employee preference.
The job profile is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, tasks or responsibilities that are required of the employee. tasks, responsibilities, and activities may change, and/or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

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Nashville Public Radio

Job Job location: 
Nashville, TN United States

Job Job Category: 
Production/Programming

Employment Type: 
Full time

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Minimum income: 
$50,000.00

Website: 
https://wpln.org/

Email address: 
E-Mail: hradmin@wpln.org

Job Field: 
Radio and Television

 

 

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Job Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Address: Nashville
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Post Date: 07/12/2024 / Viewed 7 times
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Contact Email: hradmin@wpln.org


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