Producer, Community Engagement - LAist

Job description

Position Summary: At its heart, engaged journalism is about removing barriers for participation and creating a welcoming space so that more people can have access to the information they need to be their own best advocates. At LAist, we recognize that deepening our relationship with the communities we serve is critical to our membership-based organization and to the region’s information ecosystem. The community engagement producer will work closely with the rest of LAist’s award-winning community engagement team to help ensure that communities are not only represented at all levels of the editorial operation but also made to feel welcome through engaged journalism that furthers our commitment to producing journalism that reflects the diverse needs of Southern Californians. They will look for creative approaches to engage the community in coverage and identify the information needs and habits of stakeholders. Working in LAist’s multiplatform newsroom, they will also write and produce news stories, post online stories, write newsletters, use social media and engagement tools, engage sources and listeners/users, and develop engagement projects. They will identify opportunities to conn...