The Director, Digital Fundraising will oversee the planning and execution of WETA’s digital fundraising and engagement program through email, website promotions, paid search and social, and other digital channels. The Director will drive digital fundraising and engagement activities, developing and implementing strategies to support fundraising for the Membership Marketing and Development Services department. Reports to the Senior Director, Direct Response Fundraising and Audience Services.
WETA and NewsHour Productions are Washington, DC established media and news organizations. We are a largely local workforce based out of the Campbell Place office in Arlington, VA. WETA and NewsHour Productions value employee flexibility when possible. Most positions based in our Arlington, VA office will be onsite or hybrid, depending upon the role.
This one-year fellowship was created in honor of award-winning anchor, reporter, author, Jim Lehrer, co-founder of PBS News Hour. The Fellow participates in the development and production of the PBS News Hour. For six months, the Fellow will be dedicated to daily production of the NewsHour, with primary responsibilities as assigned by the Senior Broadcast Producer including research, gathering editorial information and video elements; copy editing; and assisting with scripts. For another six months, the Fellow will work closely with digital and broadcast reporters and producers, shadowing them on story assignments, including in the field, and assisting with research, pitching, reporting and production of stories that will be published on the PBS News website and aired on the PBS News Hour's nightly show.
The News Assistant program is designed to give recent college graduates practical experience in a broadcast news setting. During their tenure, News Assistants are exposed to many aspects of producing a nightly television news program. The Politics News Assistant will work directly with the politics unit to assist with logging video, gathering footage, research, guest outreach and field shoots. The News Assistant will work with the politics unit for 9 months, during which the News Assistant will also rotate through control room and studio shifts, assisting the anchors and other producers with scripts and other crucial needs of the daily broadcast. The News Assistant will then work with the digital team for another 3 months to assist with online production of the PBS News Hour.