Hearst Television is seeking a well-rounded, full-time Digital News Curator to create and distribute nationally focused news content for more than two dozen local Hearst Television stations across the country. The curator will write, publish, and edit digital content for station websites, mobile apps, and social media channels, elevating stories of national interest. This role requires an excellent storyteller who thrives under deadline pressure and can create compelling content in a competitive news environment. The curator will join Hearst Television’s National Desk and will report to the Senior Curator. This is a full-time, in-person position based in Pittsburgh, PA.
Responsibilities
- Write, edit, and publish news stories of national interest for Hearst Television stations nationwide.
- Write compelling headlines and craft effective mobile push notifications.
- Respond quickly to breaking news with strong editorial judgment to determine how content should be distributed across stations’ digital platforms.
- Curate and syndicate national and international news content from our stations/partners that aligns with the interests of local station audiences.
- Copy edit content in adherence with AP Style.
- Edit and create videos and graphics for our stations’ social channels
- Manage live video streams and distribute them to Hearst Television stations across digital, mobile, and social platforms.
- Coordinate with local stations and digital teams to support content and coverage needs.
- Maintain high ethical and journalistic standards.
Requirements
Experience working in a newsroom or digital publishing environment.
Strong news judgment and editorial decision-making skills.
Excellent AP writing and copyediting skills.
Basic knowledge of video editing.
Understanding of social media best practices.
Flexibility to work a variety of shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays, often on short notice, to support a 24-hour news cycle.
Related military experience will be considered.
Values in action
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That’s why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communication, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate, and connected to the communities we serve.
Benefits
Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.
- Medical | Dental | Vision
- 401(k) matching
- Emotional Wellness Support
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- LGBTQ+ Health Services
- Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. we do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national, origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Skills Required
- Experience working in a newsroom or digital publishing environment
- Strong news judgment and editorial decision-making skills
- Excellent AP writing and copyediting skills
- Basic knowledge of video editing
- Understanding of social media best practices
- Flexibility to work a variety of shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays
- Related military experience will be considered
Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.
Hearst Insights
What We Do
Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19 percent of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.
