The Audience Editor enhances audience engagement by adapting content for various platforms, managing distribution tactics, and mentoring team members within a news organization.

Lead and grow Chicago Public Medias advertising and sponsorship business by developing cross-platform strategies, merging sales teams, optimizing programmatic revenue, building new sales channels, managing agency relationships, and driving measurable revenue growth while partnering with product and executive leadership.

Assist daily production of WBEZ talk shows by booking guests, prepping interviews, writing scripts, producing web stories, and engaging audiences on social media. Full-time, paid 12-week internship (40 hrs/week) with in-person work at Navy Pier at least twice weekly. Gain technical and editorial radio and journalism experience under senior-producer mentorship.

Support the Engaged Journalism Team by doing community outreach (in-person, digital, analogue), gathering community input, maintaining databases/administrative systems, and learning engagement strategies to shape journalism.

Serve as the Editor-in-Chief's strategic right hand, translating editorial vision into priorities, managing daily operations and cross-functional projects, bridging editorial and business teams, tracking performance metrics, and providing decision support on sensitive editorial and staffing matters.

The City Desk Intern will cover news events, focusing on breaking news and enterprise stories, while learning and contributing to journalism. Responsibilities include reporting on various topics and collaborating in a fast-paced newsroom setting.

The Managing Editor will lead Chicago Public Media’s news coverage, manage newsroom operations, coordinate across platforms, and foster a culture of collaboration and inclusion.