Audio Producer
- Employer
- Dow Jones
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Salary
- $DoE
- Closing date
- Aug 5, 2021
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- Industry
- Journalist
- Job Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Sector
- Finance
- Discipline
- Financial Journalist
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Job Details
Job Description:
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a self-starting, experienced audio producer for our Tech News podcast team in San Francisco. You'll work closely with our Tech News podcast host and experienced tech bureau in the Bay Area, tapping into the reporting of the WSJ newsroom and also initiating original ideas and driving independent show production. You may be asked to support our other podcasts and the rest of the audio team in New York and London, as well as contribute to long-form, narrative-driven tech and innovation stories.
We're looking for someone who is creative and collaborative and can quickly switch gears and react to breaking news.
This job reports to WSJ's Executive Producer of Audio. While you will likely start the job working remotely, you will eventually be based in our San Francisco office.
You Will:
You Have:
To apply, please submit your resume, a cover letter outlining how your skills and experience align with the key candidate requirements, and work samples.
Dow Jones , Making Careers Newsworthy
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets .
Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, please reach out to us at TalentResourceTeam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line.
Business Area: NEWS/WSJ
Job Category: News/Editorial Group
About Us
Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world's top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and Financial News.
This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.
If you are a current employee at Dow Jones, do not apply here. Please go to the Career section on your Workday homepage and view "Find Jobs - Dow Jones." Thank you.
Req ID: 24276
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a self-starting, experienced audio producer for our Tech News podcast team in San Francisco. You'll work closely with our Tech News podcast host and experienced tech bureau in the Bay Area, tapping into the reporting of the WSJ newsroom and also initiating original ideas and driving independent show production. You may be asked to support our other podcasts and the rest of the audio team in New York and London, as well as contribute to long-form, narrative-driven tech and innovation stories.
We're looking for someone who is creative and collaborative and can quickly switch gears and react to breaking news.
This job reports to WSJ's Executive Producer of Audio. While you will likely start the job working remotely, you will eventually be based in our San Francisco office.
You Will:
- Handle soup-to-nuts production of a daily tech podcast, including but not limited to writing scripts, preparing and recording interviews, editing sound and posting to platforms
- Conduct remote recordings and in-studio 2-way interviews with reporters
- Do field reporting and interviews with tech industry insiders
- Use ProTools or Adobe Audition to cut and assemble shows
- Be able to manage multiple projects at the same time
You Have:
- 3+ yrs experience in audio storytelling, preferably in producing a podcast
- 3+ yrs working in a news or news-adjacent setting, preferably in tech industry news
- Strong journalistic judgment with a specific eye for fact-checking and editorial standards
- Experience editing audio scripts, both before and after recordings
- Experience learning to write in a specific brand voice
- Experience with field recording
- Proficiency in cutting and mixing tape for audio
- Experience preparing outlines for 2-ways/interviews
- Experience with longer form non-fiction narrative is a plus
- Excellent skills communicating and building relationships with internal and external teams
- A familiarity with major news podcasts and an interest in business news
- A mastery of a digital audio workstation (ProTools or Adobe Audition preferred)
- Excellent Mac OS troubleshooting abilities
To apply, please submit your resume, a cover letter outlining how your skills and experience align with the key candidate requirements, and work samples.
- LI-JA1-WSJ
Dow Jones , Making Careers Newsworthy
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets .
Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, please reach out to us at TalentResourceTeam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line.
Business Area: NEWS/WSJ
Job Category: News/Editorial Group
About Us
Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world's top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and Financial News.
This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.
If you are a current employee at Dow Jones, do not apply here. Please go to the Career section on your Workday homepage and view "Find Jobs - Dow Jones." Thank you.
Req ID: 24276
Company
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We expose the events that turn markets, the digital breakthroughs that transform art, the demand that drives invention, as well as the political and societal passing moments and lasting consequences.
We are the people of Dow Jones. From different fields, backgrounds and viewpoints we invite you to join us.
Examine the world and bring it to others.
Company info
- Website
- http://dowjones.com/
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