FOX 32 Chicago/WFLD is seeking a dynamic, energetic, and innovative Streaming Producer to join our News team. This role is ideal for a curious, creative journalist who understands how audiences consume news across streaming, digital, social, and linear platforms.

The Streaming Producer will help develop engaging, conversational live-streaming concepts and produce content that informs, connects with, and serves Chicago audiences. This position requires strong news judgment, excellent writing and storytelling skills, and the ability to recognize when a conversation should continue, change direction, or end. The ideal candidate is comfortable taking calculated risks, testing new ideas, learning from results, and continually improving the viewer experience.

This is a hands-on role that may require flexible working hours, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and coverage during breaking news.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and produce engaging live and on-demand streaming content for FOX Chicago and FOX LOCAL.
• Investigate and gather ideas for local Chicago stories that matter to our community.
• Develop conversational streaming concepts, interview questions, segments, and audience-focused formats.
• Quickly identify compelling angles, ask thoughtful follow-up questions, and guide conversations in real time.
• Source, organize, and prepare video, graphics, user-generated content, and other visual elements.
• Manage video editing and content-production workflows from concept through publication.
• Write clear, compelling, and accurate content for digital, streaming, and linear platforms.
• Ensure live streams and newscasts run smoothly while maintaining quality, accuracy, and editorial standards.
• Collaborate with reporters, anchors, producers, directors, photographers, editors, and digital teams.
• Monitor audience engagement and use performance insights to improve content and coverage.
• Publish and promote content across Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X/Twitter, TikTok, Snapchat, and emerging platforms.
• Respond quickly and effectively to breaking news, developing stories, and changing editorial priorities.
• Maintain a strong commitment to journalistic ethics, accuracy, fairness, and community service.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• A minimum of two to three years of experience in a producing, digital journalism, streaming, or related newsroom role.
• Experience developing and publishing news content for digital and social platforms.
• Strong writing, editing, interviewing, and storytelling skills.
• Excellent news judgment and a commitment to factual accuracy.
• The ability to generate creative ideas and present information in an original and engaging way.
• The ability to think quickly, ask probing questions, and make sound editorial decisions in real time.
• Familiarity with live-streaming production, digital publishing, video editing, and social media workflows.
• The ability to quickly learn and effectively use various newsroom, editing, publishing, and production software systems.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple assignments under tight deadlines.
• The ability to respond well to direction, feedback, and changing priorities.
• Dependability, professionalism, and a willingness to work a flexible schedule.
• The ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced newsroom environment.

NICE TO HAVE, BUT NOT A DEAL BREAKER

• Experience line producing a live newscast or stream.
• Experience producing conversational, interview-driven, or audience-interactive programming.
• Experience with FOX LOCAL, CTV, OTT, or other streaming platforms.
• Experience with live control-room operations or newsroom automation systems.
• Experience using analytics to evaluate content performance and guide editorial decisions.
• Experience creating short-form vertical video for social platforms.
• Experience covering Chicago news, neighborhoods, politics, public safety, culture, or community issues.
• Familiarity with video-editing, graphics, rundown, content-management, and social-publishing tools.
• A bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, broadcasting, or a related field.

Working conditions

• Work is performed in a fast-paced newsroom and live-production environment.
• The position may require evening, overnight, weekend, holiday, and extended-hour work.
• The schedule may change based on breaking news, special coverage, weather, and station needs.
• The role may require working under tight deadlines and adapting quickly to changing editorial priorities.
• Occasional field work or travel within the Chicago area may be required.
• This position may require working onsite and collaborating across newsroom, studio, control-room, and digital-production areas.

Physical requirements

• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods while producing or monitoring live content.
• Ability to use computers, phones, production systems, and other newsroom equipment for extended periods.
• Ability to communicate clearly in person, by telephone, and through digital communication tools.
• Ability to move throughout the station and, when assigned, work in field locations.
• Ability to lift or carry light production materials and equipment as needed.