Job Details
Job Location: Washington Headquarters - Washington, DC 20237
Salary Range: $62.50 - $62.50 Hourly
International Multimedia Journalist – V (Senior Reporter / Presenter / Producer)
Position Summary
Serves as a senior-level journalist, presenter, and producer responsible for leading high-impact editorial coverage, beat reporting, and special programming initiatives for Voice of America across television, radio, digital, and social media platforms. Functions as a senior editorial resource within the newsroom and provides leadership in coverage execution, breaking news coordination, and enterprise reporting without exercising supervisory authority. This is a highly experienced journalist position intended for senior correspondents, lead beat reporters, and senior on‑air talent with extensive editorial judgment and subject matter expertise.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Leads major editorial beats, coverage areas, or specialized reporting initiatives as assigned
- Serves as senior reporter, presenter, anchor, or program host for television, radio, digital, and social media programming
- Produces and delivers high-impact breaking news, enterprise reporting, interviews, feature stories, and special coverage
- Develops original reporting angles, investigative content, and long‑form storytelling projects
- Coordinates editorial coverage efforts with producers, reporters, assignment editors, and newsroom leadership during major news events
- Provides editorial guidance and subject matter expertise within assigned beat or specialty area without exercising supervisory authority
- Represents VOA in high‑profile interviews, live coverage, panels, and special events as assigned
- Conducts complex interviews with senior officials, experts, analysts, and newsmakers
- Writes, edits, adapts, translates, versions, and produces content for broadcast, web, streaming, and social media platforms
- Performs live reporting and breaking news coverage under deadline pressure across multiple platforms simultaneously
- Participates in the creation, development, and execution of regularly scheduled or special programming initiatives
- Contributes to editorial planning, story selection, coverage strategy, and programming direction for assigned beats or coverage areas
- As assigned, serves as lead producer during major coverage events and special programming
- Produces finished broadcast and digital products meeting VOA standards for accuracy, balance, objectivity, and timeliness
- Voices material for broadcasts and digital products, including material prepared by others
- Contributes advanced production elements including scripting, fine editing, live production coordination, and field production
- Serves as videographer/reporter as assigned
- Performs technical functions including operation of production and field equipment as assigned
- Maintains extensive knowledge of assigned subject matter, region, audience, or policy area
- Provides mentorship, professional guidance, and editorial support to less experienced journalists and producers without supervisory responsibilities
- Collaborates across language services and divisions on major global and U.S. policy coverage initiatives
- Makes recommendations regarding newsroom workflow improvements, editorial innovation, and content strategy
- Works independently with minimal supervision in highly complex and fast‑paced newsroom environments
- Meets VOA standards for productivity, editorial quality, accuracy, and deadlines
- Logs and conducts data entry and related functions connected with VOA’s digital asset management systems
- Other related duties as assigned
Knowledge Required
- Fluency in English (written and spoken)
- Fluency in target language (written and spoken), if applicable
- Extensive knowledge of assigned beat, target region, policy area, or subject matter specialty
- Advanced understanding of journalism ethics, editorial standards, multimedia storytelling, and newsroom operations
- Demonstrated expertise in live reporting, anchoring, production, and enterprise journalism
- Ability to produce complex editorial content independently under significant deadline pressure
- Advanced interview, writing, editing, presentation, and storytelling skills
- Deep understanding of digital, broadcast, and social media production workflows
- Specialized expertise or formal education in a field relevant to VOA’s mission and coverage priorities
Complexity
- Exceptional complexity
- Performs multiple senior-level editorial and production functions across platforms and coverage areas
- Handles highly sensitive, fast‑moving, and high‑visibility news coverage independently
- Leads editorial execution for major coverage initiatives, breaking news events, and special programming
- Develops innovative reporting approaches, storytelling methods, and editorial products
- Frequently resolves highly unusual and complex editorial, production, and operational challenges
- Expected to manage multiple major assignments concurrently under tight deadlines
- Provides senior editorial leadership and newsroom expertise without supervisory authority
- Exercises extensive independent editorial judgment
Supervisory Controls
- PSC operates with a very high degree of independence
- Assignments are generally broad in scope and outcome‑focused
- PSC independently identifies reporting priorities, develops coverage plans, and executes assignments with minimal oversight
- Work products typically require only limited editorial review
- PSC is relied upon as a senior newsroom resource and subject matter expert
- Position carries no supervisory or managerial authority