Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at WETA

Student Reporting Labs (SRL) is building a stronger future for journalism by empowering the next generation of news creators. We are seeking a talented and hard-working Associate Producer who is passionate about journalism, video production and creating opportunities for middle and high school students to produce meaningful content that inspires, educates and informs. The Associate Producer works with the SRL team and network on the production of original youth-driven news stories. A background in journalism, production and video editing is essential. The Associate Producer will work with the SRL team to identify content opportunities and develop and create journalism and media literacy resources. Candidates must be highly organized with experience in project management. This position is ideal for a talented media professional looking for experience with an innovative team and the confidence and developing skills to contribute in meaningful ways, big and small.

PBS Newshour is looking for freelancers with strong information graphics and storytelling skills to support our Broadcast Design team. We are looking for a who specializes in motion graphics and animation. They will gather information and illustrative material, including stills, for the creation of graphic content for the PBS Newshour. They will work with, producers, journalists and control room personnel on a daily basis to ensure their graphic needs are delivered to a high standard.

This one-year fellowship was created in honor of award-winning anchor, reporter, author, Jim Lehrer, co-founder of PBS NewsHour. The Fellow participates in the development and production of the PBS NewsHour. For six months, the Fellow will be dedicated to daily production of the NewsHour, with primary responsibilities as assigned by the Senior Broadcast Coordinating 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 Newshour's website and aired on the PBS NewsHour'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 all aspects of producing a nightly television news program. Over the course of the program, each News Assistant may have the opportunity to rotate through any, or all of the following areas:

Perform preventive and corrective technical maintenance on all broadcast and production systems. Provide broadcast systems maintenance, installation and testing support as needed. This position involves year-round 24 hrs./7 days support of master control, studios control rooms, post production, and news editing. Primary facility hours of operation 8am to 9pm and include a flexible weekend rotation. The position is covered by an IBEW union contract and reports to the Senior Director of Engineering.

WETA is seeking a skilled digital video content producer to join our Communications Department, a natural storyteller at heart, to build affinity for our brand through exciting and engaging internal and external video productions. In this role, you will be creating content showcasing the many facets of WETA in a variety of formats including video, photography and animation for communications ranging from company events and meetings, broadcast interstitials, digital recruiting tools or other social media videos.

Local History interns work within WETA’s Digital Media team to develop content for Boundary Stones, WETA’s local history initiative. Through articles, photos, video and social media, Boundary Stones seeks to highlight the notable events, personalities and happenings that have shaped the Washington, D.C. area’s past. Interns’ responsibilities include:

The social media intern works within WETA’s Digital Media team to develop engaging, sharable content for WETA’s social media channels including our primary brand accounts, our Boundary Stones local history project accounts, and our Telly Visions British TV and Culture accounts.

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.

The Manager, Infrastructure / Security Administration is responsible for the day-to-day upkeep, development, patching and operational excellence across the WETA infrastructure. This important role ensures efficient operational services, manages uptime across core services and keeps systems up to date within the security framework at WETA. This position is responsible for the network infrastructure, switching, firewalls, vpn services, anti malware, anti virus, servers, backups and restore testing, Office365 including Teams, Active Directory and within the IT team and reports to the VP, IT Operations. As a 24x7 broadcast critical environment this position may require coverage for weekend, evening and rotational coverage.

The Operations Specialist will work closely with the Vice President, External Affairs and the Communications team to optimize workflows and administrative support for the smooth operations of a productive and multifaceted Communications department that encompasses publicity, promotions, branding, design, publications and special events. The Specialist also works closely with the Senior Director of Special Events on event registration. We are seeking an organizational whiz who enjoys working with a creative and busy team and has the drive, expertise, and vision to work for continuous improvement in the way we manage our projects, reporting and systems. The Specialist meets regularly with the Vice President to establish priorities, offer recommendations on improved systems, and evaluate departmental needs.

Develop, produce and direct all WETA local programming. Manage and supervise local production department, including five producers and a production manager. Oversee partnerships with and projects produced by outside producers. Serve as executive producer for all local productions. Reports to GM and SVP, WETA Greater Washington.

The Sr. Engineer, Infrastructure and Security Management Operations is primarily responsible for all aspects of WETA’s computing environment. This role will provide architecture, planning, design, risk mitigation, security oversight over all WETA information systems architecture, as well as working to implement these technologies in strong coordination with other tech team members, within IT, and also across TV, Radio, and NewsHour Productions. This is an operational position at WETA and requires a “hands-on” approach with a very wide range of complex computing systems expertise.

Under supervision of the Director, Finance and Planning this position will help lead the financial planning and analysis efforts of WETA and NewsHour Productions (NHP). Assist in coordination and preparation of the annual operating and capital budgets for WETA and NHP. Develop tools, reports and analysis that enable departments to manage their budgets effectively.

Located in Arlington, VA, WETA is the leading public broadcasting station in the nation’s capital, serving the District of Columbia, northern Virginia and Maryland as well as parts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Oversee WETA local television operations -- with specific responsibility for managing the Programming and Broadcast Traffic teams – for five local broadcast channels. Reports to SVP & GM, WETA Greater Washington.