Audience Engagement Reporter

Classification: Regular/Full-Time/Exempt

Department: News

Reports To: Audience Engagement Editor

Rate: $63,000 - $70,000 annualized salary

Schedule: A flexible schedule may be available based on the role and the department's needs after 90 days of training.

Summary: Builds meaningful online and in-person connections between our newsroom and the Sacramento region, helping us meet people where they are. This role strengthens audience participation and feedback, ensuring our journalism is guided by real community needs and questions. Our ideal candidate is a curious, community-minded journalist who believes journalism should help people live safer, healthier, and more informed lives.
 
Essential Functions:

• Creates and maintains pipelines for readers to ask direct questions, reports out answers, and brings transparency to the reporting process with a focus on health, wellness, and affordability.
• Develops and maintains community partnerships that strengthen audience trust and position our newsroom as a convener and contributor to social wellbeing.
• Serves as the lead journalist for hosting or facilitating in-person and virtual engagement events, including listening sessions, and live Q&As, with assistance from the events project manager.
• Experiments with new ways of storytelling and mediums to reach communities where they are.
• Tracks and evaluates how Abridged helps people understand issues, make decisions, or take action, using audience impact as a key measure of success.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Must be mission-driven and passionate about the role of public media.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Clear, open, and proactive communication skills.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time effectively.
• Collaborative and works effectively with diverse stakeholders as a team.
• Positively and professionally represents PBS KVIE throughout the community.
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusive, community-centered storytelling that reflects the diversity of the Sacramento region.
• Ability to cover a wide range of story ideas with an emphasis on health & wellness, and affordability.
• Experience with story researching and content creation for web and social media use.

• BA/BS degree in Broadcast, Journalism, Communications, English, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of three years of experience as a reporter.

• Must have a valid California driver’s license and meet insurance standards.
• Available to work evenings and weekends as needed.
• Local travel required.