Meteorologist

Job Description

CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major US markets, the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News Streaming local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nation's #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O'DONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSNews.com, CBS News Radio and podcasts, Paramount +, all digital platforms, and the CBS News Streaming Network, the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service that is available free to everyone with access to the internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations' top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News' streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as CBSNews.com and Paramount+. The service is available live in 91 countries. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today's digital age. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast news division.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Aggressively present timely weather changes zeroing in on audience-focused impacts across all platforms
- Analyze, produce, deliver and manage lifestyle-focused forecasts applying all tools and computer software
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Own the ''digital-first'' mentality by having extraordinary digital and social media skills
- Demonstrate ability to talk about what you know as well as what you don't know about upcoming weather
- Adopt the great outdoors by tracking weather outside in the elements as comfortably as the green screen
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Originate, research, investigate, write, narrate, produce and report stories for newscasts – from weather and news to climate change
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues in weather, news, promotion, production and engineering
- Be flexible to jumping into action whenever severe weather happens, knowing the weather team is stronger when it works together to keep people safe

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum three years of experience in medium or large market
- Adept in all tools of modern weather forecasting systems including forecast models
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Open to a flexible schedule and additional hours when necessary
- Up-to-date knowledge of climate change science
- Experience writing for web-based platforms; social media platforms

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g34b8x-18-226-93-209-42 in your application.