Employment – Citizen Journalism Editor

Plays a critical role in PBS KVIE’s efforts to produce high-quality, impactful news content that engages and informs our community. This role will develop and oversee the organization’s ground-breaking citizen journalism program. Recruits, trains, and manages a team of citizen journalists and content creators to provide PBS KVIE’s audience with untold stories from communities across the Sacramento region. Our ideal team player brings extensive journalism and project management experience, the vision, collaborative spirit and temperament to work with an array of community partners and a knowledge of the Sacramento region and Northern California.

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.

• Acts as creator, editor and project manager to develop and oversee a citizen reporting pipeline that identifies, trains and deploys citizen journalists.
• Works with PBS KVIE’s community advisory panels to identify and collaborate with community partners, including creative organizations, schools and journalism programs, to create a recruitment structure that identifies community journalists for the program.
• Creates a multi-week training regimen and recruit journalists and others in the community to develop curriculum, teach courses and mentor emerging journalists upon completion of the program and certification.
• Identifies coverage topics that focus on news deserts and underserved parts of the coverage area, including communities of color, rural communities, immigrant communities, neighborhoods facing food and economic insecurity and business districts in which government and/or institutional investment is insufficient.
• In conjunction with Audience Engagement Editor and News Editor, develops strategy for integrating content into relevant publishing platforms, including PBS KVIE’s digital and visual news presentations.
• Oversees project budget, including stipends for citizen journalists and mentors.
• Ensures all content aligns with PBS KVIE’s mission and editorial standards of accuracy, impartiality, and inclusivity.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Must be mission-driven and passionate about the role of public media.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Effective and proactive communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time effectively.
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively with diverse stakeholders as a team.
• Positively and professionally represents PBS KVIE throughout the community.
• Familiarity and experience with training materials, academic approaches and evaluation structures, ideally in the journalism field.
• Ability to coach contributors on digital-first storytelling formats for the news services’ website and social media.
• Strong editorial judgment with a commitment to journalistic integrity.
• Deep familiarity with the Sacramento region or Northern California’s concerns, communities, and landscape.

• BA/BS degree in Journalism or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of five years of newsroom experience.
• Professional project management experience preferred.

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