Digital News Producer, Chron
Hearst Health
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Digital News Producer, Chron
Are you a fast, digitally savvy journalist who thrives at the intersection of breaking news and audience growth? Join Chron’s audience team and help shape how our stories reach and engage readers across Houston and Texas.
Job Description
Chron, a digital-first news publisher, is seeking a Digital News Producer to play a critical role on our audience team, helping drive daily coverage, optimize the site experience, and ensure our journalism reaches the widest possible audience. This is a hybrid role combining audience production and fast-turn news writing.
The ideal candidate has strong news judgment, understands what audiences are searching for and sharing in real time, and can quickly turn around clean, accurate and buzzy stories and video rooted in verification and light additional reporting.
This role is scheduled Sunday–Thursday and will serve as the lead audience producer on Sundays. This person will report to the Deputy Managing Editor of News & Sports, with a dotted line to Chron’s Audience Editor.
What will you do?
- Write 2–3 daily quick-turn stories, including breaking news and trending topics, with a focus on speed, accuracy, and strong headlines
- Shoot and edit timely, highly shareable video that connects with audiences off platform
- Serve as the lead audience producer on Sundays, helping guide coverage, distribution, and real-time decisions
- Package and distribute Chron content across social platforms to drive traffic, with a focus on emerging and secondary platforms such as Reddit and Nextdoor
- Track newsletter cadence and performance, identifying gaps, trends, and opportunities, and regularly sharing insights with the audience manager
What will it take to be successful?
- Minimum 2 years of experience in a digital newsroom as a digital content producer, reporter, or audience producer
- Strong news judgment, particularly regarding issues that Texans care about, and the ability to prioritize quickly in a fast-paced environment
- Proven ability to write clean, accurate, and engaging news stories on tight deadlines
- Experience with breaking news and/or trending content workflows
- Familiarity with content management systems and digital publishing tools
- Understanding of audience metrics and tools such as Google Trends, Google Analytics, or Marfeel
- Solid understanding of AP Style and journalistic standards
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across newsroom teams
- Interest in Houston and Texas news and an understanding of what resonates with local audiences
About this role
Chron, Hearst Health's digital-first news publisher, is looking for someone who can operate at the speed of breaking news while keeping audience growth front and center. As a Digital News Producer, you'd write two to three quick-turn stories daily—from breaking news to trending topics—shoot and edit shareable video, and manage real-time distribution across social platforms including emerging channels like Reddit and Nextdoor. You'd also lead audience production decisions on Sundays and track newsletter performance to surface insights for the team. The role is hybrid, Sunday through Thursday, reporting to the Deputy Managing Editor of News & Sports.
Success here requires at least two years in a digital newsroom as a producer, reporter, or audience editor, with proven ability to write clean, accurate copy under tight deadlines and strong instincts for what Texans care about. You'll need hands-on familiarity with content management systems, audience analytics tools like Google Analytics or Marfeel, and breaking news workflows. Beyond the technical skills, this role demands solid news judgment, quick prioritization in chaos, and genuine interest in Houston and Texas stories—understanding not just what's happening, but what will actually resonate with local readers.
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