What are the responsibilities and job description for the Investigative News Producer, Project Baltimore position at Sinclair Broadcast Group?
Fox45 News Project Baltimore is looking for a dynamic Investigative News Producer to join our award-winning team. Our mission is to hold school leaders across Maryland accountable to ensure they serve parents, students, teachers and taxpayers. We aim to offer audiences on multiple platforms content that impacts their lives. Project Baltimore has investigated educational issues in Maryland since 2017. The team’s impact includes numerous changes in state legislation and adjustments in school policy. Project Baltimore has been recognized by NATAS, IRE, NPPA, SPJ, the RTDNA, NAACP and the Associated Press for its investigative Reporting work
The ideal candidate will have excellent news judgment, compelling writing skills and possess digital skills to identify and post engaging, timely and relevant content; monitor competitive social media practices, and work in line with the team’s overall content strategy. Knowledge of the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) process, and familiarity of legal issues related to investigative television news reporting are both important.
If you are a news “seeker” and content “predator”, this is the job for you. This is a highly collaborative environment. The ability to work as part of a team is a must.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain contacts and sources in the community to enterprise story ideas
- Identify and pitch investigative angles on education-related stories
- Work with Executive Producer & Investigative Reporter to refine investigative pitches and story scripts
- Write online versions of investigative reports and produce digital specific content for each investigation
- Monitor social media platforms and community conversations related to the investigative topics probed by the team.
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Three (3) years of investigative producing experience preferred
- Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred
- Must be a strong storyteller with the ability to make the complicated understandable
- Must be able to use all available tools to enhance stories, from graphics to social media
- Should be able to generate story ideas and determine the legitimacy of viewer tips
- Strong writer, storyteller
- Must be naturally inquisitive with an interest in holding government officials accountable
