News Editor CBS Sports

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CBS Sports is looking for an experienced editorial leader with proven news gathering and storytelling judgment to be a News Editor and central figure in the news gathering and editorial guidance for productions across linear and digital platforms! The ideal candidate for this full-time staff position must be experienced at identifying news and emerging storylines; gathering and organizing articles and other sources for background, potential human-interest stories;

evaluating and summarizing key points of storylines or commentaries; and providing recommendations and constructive feedback to enhance and support the coverage across CBS Sports content creation. A strong News Producer displays confidence in delivering context and recommendations for news presentations; and excels at collaboration with a variety of multiplatform contributors to maintain editorial standards across all presentations.

The News Editor must cultivate strong, effective partnerships with contributors throughout the CBS Sports division, and beyond, to identify opportunities, and help to develop and produce journalistically sound and editorially innovative content across multiple productions. To successfully deliver editorial guidance to all productions, this News Editor must have exceptional sports knowledge, the ability to make quick editorial decisions, and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

The ideal candidate is passionate and knowledgeable about sports journalism and storytelling, enthusiastic about contributing to and committed to upholding the highest editorial standards of the CBS Sports brand. The News Editor will provide story ideas, script and content review for all platforms, and editorial support for major event coverage, as well as daily sports coverage.

• Monitor news feeds, including searching social & other media outlets, to gather and evaluate relevant news and information.
• Prepare and distribute news briefs, scripts for broadcasts, and key points for graphic or video presentations on news across all sports, with an emphasis on NFL, college football and college basketball and women's sports.
• Communicate regularly with studio producers and other production contributors to discuss developing news and provide guidance on the presentation of that news within our programming.
• Write, edit and review scripts and graphics for accuracy, style and editorial value. This includes skills at writing to video and for broadcast news (ex. Writing for voice over and packages).
• React to breaking news with an emphasis on accuracy, creative storytelling, and relevance to our productions and our audience.
• Must be skilled at identifying news and anticipating emerging storylines; gathering ideas and contextualizing information for potential storytelling to enhance and support coverage across CBS Sports.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, and communicate with urgency and clarity to producers, on‑air talent and production associates.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of sports media production, including knowledge of studio television show content creation or similar digital video programming.
• Discover connections between our events and developing news stories; and then provide ideas for how to tell those stories within our games and studio shows. This may include suggesting and gathering elements, potential guests, and details on alternative angles to enhance the telling of those stories.
• Use deep sports knowledge, an insatiable curiosity and sound news judgment, to support storytelling that is timely, relevant, innovative and inclusive.
• Serve as the leading editorial voice during live studio programming and partner with producers to generate urgent, effective coverage of breaking news.
• Under tight deadlines, educate on‑air talent and other production staff on the key details of a developing story and offer perspective on proper context for presentation on our shows.
• Coordinate with and support management and all production staff to maintain editorial standards for news gathering and coverage on broadcast and cable platforms.
• Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of on‑air content.
• Draft suggested questions and topics for interview subjects and analyst discussions.
• Discover connections between our events and relevant storylines; and then provide ideas for how to tell those stories within our games and studio shows. This may include suggesting and gathering elements, potential guests, and details on…