MANAGING PRODUCER, Here & Now, WBUR News and Programming (23500539130801)

Who We Are & What We Can Offer You:

WBUR is Boston’s NPR and a public media leader, producing exceptional journalism on-air, online, on-demand, and in real life. Our mission is to produce high-quality journalism and enriching experiences that foster understanding, connection, and community for an expanding circle of people. WBUR is member-supported and licensed to Boston University.

WBUR is brimming with talent and ambition. Our colleagues work hard, strive for excellence, value truth, creativity, diverse perspectives, and open debate. Our culture is warm and welcoming — no matter what your role is — we work hard to ensure that everyone feels like they belong. On top of that people are both respectful and passionate about the work we do. 

We’ve got exciting plans to keep innovating and building WBUR for the future. It’s a place to do meaningful work with interesting people and to learn and grow along the way.

We offer our employees both hybrid and in-office work arrangements. This position is based in Boston.

We also offer:

The Opportunity and Who You’ll Work With:

Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time, Benefits Eligible

Hybrid Format: 2 days minimum onsite in our Boston office, up to 3 days remote.

Schedule: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, 08:00AM – 04:00PM ET

Airing on nearly 500 stations, Here & Now with hosts Robin Young, Deepa Fernandes and Scott Tong brings the news that breaks after Morning Edition and before All Things Considered. Produced by NPR and WBUR Boston in collaboration with the 30-station Contributors Network, Here & Now is four hours of flexible content each weekday; a modern platform for national news on-air and online. Regular segments include reporting on medicine and science, the environment and stories from our editorial partners, and the international staff of the Washington Post.

As Here & Now's managing producer, you will oversee a team of journalists responsible for broadcast and digital production on behalf of the national daily news magazine program aired on nearly 500 public media stations around the U.S. This is a rare position within public media, encompassing live listening and next-generation audio platforms.

You will have 5-6 direct reports.

Your Responsibilities:

• (40%) Manage digital strategy for Here & Now: podcast, show website, social media. Work with podcast host, producer, editor and audio engineer to ensure best story selection and timely delivery of podcast.

• (20%) Participate in daily editorial meetings. Coordinate digital coverage daily and coordinate daily news coverage. Fill in for senior managing editor as necessary.

• (20%) Assist in identifying and planning stories for long-term coverage. Assist with story edits.

• (20%) Provide regular written and verbal feedback to staff, including annual performance reports of direct reports. Work with Executive Producer and newsroom leadership on strategic planning.

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent/relevant experience
• 3-5 years of managerial experience.
• Seven or more years’ experience as a news reporter, news producer or news editor.
• Experience working with a daily deadline, knowledge of current events including domestic and international news.

Capabilities and Proficiencies:

• An excitement about WBUR’s mission to provide an essential public good: high-quality local journalism and enriching experiences that foster understanding, connection and community.
• A commitment to journalism fundamentals, including accuracy, fairness, respect, honesty and independence on air and online (for more, see WBUR’s ethics guidelines ).
• Demonstrated writing ability and skill in editing both news and features.
• Familiarity with digital audio editing such as Adobe.

In an ongoing effort to enrich our organizational culture, WBUR is committed to building a staff and leadership team that reflects the diversity of our city, region and nation.

Designing an organization where everyone thrives, creating connection and community that permeates our workplace requires real change across all facets of what we do and who we are. 

We must hire, support, develop, advance and retain diverse talent at all levels of the organization with a standard of inclusive excellence.

If you are excited by this opportunity and have a passion for our mission - whether you meet all or some of our criteria - we want to talk to you. After submitting your application – join our Talent Community !

If you need to make a request for an ADA reasonable accommodation in order to complete your application and/or participate in the interview process, please let us know here .

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. 

Boston, Massachusetts, United States