Employment – Audience Engagement Reporter

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.

 If you value public television, consider joining our PBS KVIE team whose mission is to inspire you to explore the world and connect with your community through the integrity of public media.

PBS KVIE's Ideal Team Player:

• supports our mission to inspire viewers to explore the world and connect with our community through the integrity of public media.
• celebrates diversity, people, and cultures.
• values a culture of team spirit and collaboration.
• embraces innovation and creativity.
• strives to do more and be more.

• 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.

We are committed to diversity. Our goal is to build and foster a culture where open-minded and varied perspectives are encouraged and celebrated. Diversity is an integral part of how we function as an organization.

We believe all voices should be heard and represented through a lens of authenticity. We represent and serve Northern California's communities by producing content and programming that inspires and connects.

We value our team. We recognize our strong and cohesive collective helps us to grow as a public media and community leader. Creating an environment where employees feel safe and supported is vital to our success.

PBS KVIE EEO Policy: We are an equal opportunity employer and make employment decisions based on merit. Our practice is to hire the best available person for every job. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hairstyles and textures), color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, reproductive health decision-making, or related medical condition), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin (including immigration and/or citizenship status), ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition including genetic characteristics, military or veteran status, political activities/affiliation, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We also prohibit unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has been or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. PBS KVIE is an equal opportunity employer, and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee, including managers, supervisors, and co-workers. All such discrimination is unlawful.

Any applicant or employee who requires an accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job must contact a department manager or human resources to request specific accommodations. We will engage in a timely, good faith, interactive process to determine the need for a reasonable accommodation. If a reasonable accommodation exists and will not impose an undue hardship on the Company, an accommodation will be made.

PBS KVIE Background Check Policy: PBS KVIE conducts criminal background checks for all new employees (including credit and DMV background checks when appropriate for the position).

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE: Due to the high volume, we will not accept or respond to phone/email inquiries. Candidates will receive an electronic acknowledgment after receipt of their online application. Qualified candidates will be contacted for a phone screening.