News Producer

Is this the role for you?

CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. markets, the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News Streaming local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nation’s #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O’DONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSNews.com, CBS News Radio and podcasts, Paramount +, all digital platforms, and the CBS News Streaming Network, the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service that is available free to everyone with access to the internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations’ top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News’ streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as CBSNews.com and Paramount+. The service is available live in 91 countries. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today’s digital age. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast news division.

What will you be doing?

CBS News London bureau is looking for a News Producer to join its team providing foreign news from around the world. News producers are the first to be deployed to a breaking news story and do regular rotations on long-term major news stories. On deployment, they guide their correspondent and camera teams to generate original packaged and live content for delivery to all platforms across CBS News, Stations, Online, Radio and Streaming. These assignments regularly involve travel to extreme high-risk environments. When in London these roles work as catching producers who also pitch stories. From conceiving and selling a story, it is their job to get a budget approved, arrange staffing and logistics, set up interviews, coordinate transmission, and approve the final versions of the material. They are also regularly tasked to plan and coordinate major event coverage and anchor remotes, plus assisting on occasion with the running of the bureau operation. The Producer will be a creative, productive, effective, resilient problem solver both in the bureau and in the field.

What are we looking for?

• Experience in covering news in extreme hostile environments.
• Ability to research and gather information
• Ability to generate a news story
• Develop contacts with newsworthy and interesting individuals.
• Cultural integrity working in other countries and possessing sensitivity to local issues and agendas, and awareness of appropriate behaviour
• Experience covering both Western and local military forces
• Ability to write a television, online and radio news scripts under pressure
• Flexibility to travel at short notice, potentially for extended periods of time.
• Ability to “catch” incoming material and assemble the work of other teams deployed globally for CBS News.
• Ability to operate field equipment including small cameras and satellite phones
• Ability to transmit on location using LiveU, Starlink and Satcube amongst other softwares
• Ability to select the rushes to feed on location
• Ability to source verifiable video and stills from user generated images, in coordination with the CBS Confirmed team
• Ability to record voice tracks and deliver to CBS News using different systems/apps.
• Familiarity with all aspects of protection including emergency first aid
• Willingness to report from the field if the correspondent is unavailable.
• As representatives of CBS News the producer must be respectful and considerate of their colleagues
• The producer must respect CBS News Standards and Practices and comport
• Substantial experience as a travelling and catching news producer
• Excellent communication, writing, planning, logistics and analytical skills
• Ability to work remotely often in challenging areas
• Ability to cultivate sources and enterprise stories
• Understanding of how to gather elements and pull together scripts for tv, radio and online platforms
• Strong leadership, organisational and decision-making abilities.
• Open to work long hours as news dictates which could include working on regular days off, weekends and overnight
• Strict adherence to the highest journalistic standards and dedication to upholding CBS News values
• Strong teammate mentality, willing to go beyond job description for CBS mission success.
• Resilient with the ability to maintain morale in difficult and stressful situations
• Foreign language skills are appreciated

Unleash your potential in a place you belong! 
At Paramount in London, we have an iconic portfolio of brands, like Paramount, MTV, Nickelodeon, Channel 5, Comedy Central and many more, reaching more than 3.8 billion subscribers in 180+ countries and territories, via more than 200 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 550 digital media and mobile TV properties,  in 40 languages.  
Come and join a culture where content, people and ideas merge. An exciting and open place where your talents can truly thrive and where our employees make it unique. You could be the next addition to our incredible team! 
  

We offer an inclusive environment where you can really be yourself and find your niche. You’ll get to work alongside streaming platforms you can be proud of, with content that touches millions of lives. Plus, you can learn about the things we’re doing to make the industry more sustainable, and enjoy lots of perks:  

• A monthly streaming fund   
• All the health and financial benefits you’d expect, and some you wouldn’t   
• Flexibility to own the way you work  
• Mental health activities and support  
• All manner of BBQs, socials and events  

97% of our recent hires would recommend us to their friends and family, so what are you waiting for? 

Our values are intertwined and work together to drive the business outcomes we seek, and once combined we believe these will power our company forward.  
  

• Optimism & Determination | We share a positive belief that we can navigate and thrive in the landscape ahead  
• Inclusivity & Collaboration | We embrace new and diverse voices, act with care and work together to capture opportunities and manager through challenges   
• Agility & Adaptability | We think entrepreneurially, are resilient in change and move quickly to anticipate and create what’s next  

  
At Paramount, we value and celebrate difference. We want to ensure that we fully represent the make-up of UK society in our workforce as well as bringing diverse perspectives to our business. We want to make sure Diversity and Inclusion are not just buzz words; we truly want to foster an authentic inclusive environment, where all employees feel that they can bring their whole selves to work. We take responsibility of being a Disability Confident Employer seriously and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria of the role applied for. If you require any support or assistance during the interview process, please let your recruiter know or email uk.recruitment@vimn.com and we will be happy to help.