Surround Sound Media is hiring: Producer in New York

Newsroom · Remote, US · Full-time# ProducerOwn outlets, decide what runs on them, and be the named person accountable for a newsroom in its community.Apply by emailAll open roles## The roleA Producer is equal parts journalist, engagement lead and AI-native. You help launch new sites and you decide what the tools draft becomes, and what deserves to be published.## What you will do* **Be the human in the loop.** Review and refine what the tools draft before anything goes live, and catch errors, weak framing, or anything that feels off.* **Make the editorial call.** Decide what runs, under deadline, and kill what does not hold up.* **Find what is missing.** Spot the stories the system did not catch, add the context and colour that make coverage useful, and push for better reporting.* **Answer for the work.** Handle corrections and reader mail yourself.## Who we are looking for* A journalist, or a recent graduate, who wants to build something new.* Strong editorial instincts: you know what is newsworthy and what is not.* A stickler for detail and accuracy, with a copy editor's eye.* You understand how coverage travels and what readers actually pick up.* You care about local news and community storytelling.* You move quickly and you like that the work is still changing shape.## What you will get better atLocal news is being rebuilt right now, and the people doing it are deciding what it becomes. Our Producers take on real responsibility: choosing what a community learns about itself, holding the standards that make a story trustworthy, and answering to readers for what we publish.You will learn tools most newsrooms are still arguing about, and you will use them in service of something old-fashioned: telling people what they need to know about where they live.You do not need experience with AI tools. You need news judgment. The tooling is learnable in a week and we will teach it.## How to applySend a resume and three links to work you are proud of to careers@surroundsoundnews.com. Tell us why this role. We read everything.
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