What's the role?
We are looking for a digitally savvy, politically and globally informed Digital Producer to ensure News24 is first to break stories online while maintaining the highest standards of accuracy, clarity, and integrity. In this role, you will produce compelling written and video content across both hard news and lifestyle topics for News24.com.au and social platforms.
About the role:
Identify, produce, and publish breaking news, developing stories, and lifestyle content that is accurate, timely, and aligned with News24 editorial standards.
Write sharp, clean, and concise copy, headlines, and summaries that capture attention while maintaining accuracy and impartiality.
Identify and extract newsworthy and engaging moments from News24 television broadcasts, converting broadcast interviews, opinion segments, and exclusives into digital-ready articles and videos.
Write accompanying copy, titles, descriptions, and tags that optimize engagement and search performance, and select stills, graphics, and videos that enhance storytelling.
Monitor performance analytics and audience engagement to inform future editorial and publishing decisions.
Balance speed and precision to ensure all content is published quickly without compromising factual accuracy or clarity.
Follow digital publishing procedures, metadata conventions, and CMS workflows to ensure consistency and accuracy across all outputs.
Who are you?
You make sound, independent editorial decisions under pressure with a strong sense for what matters to digital audiences across both news and lifestyle content.
You are proficient in CMS platforms, metadata conventions, SEO practices, and video publishing workflows.
You produce clean, accurate, and concise copy across articles, headlines, video titles, and social captions.
You hold broad and current knowledge of political, domestic, and global affairs as well as lifestyle trends across both Australian and international contexts.
You apply a rigorous approach to fact-checking, verifying information, and ensuring all published output meets the highest standards of factual integrity.
You perform at a high standard under deadline pressure in a fast-paced, continuous news environment, maintaining resilience and adaptability.
You work effectively across teams, communicating clearly with producers, reporters, and editors to support coordination during fast-moving news situations.
Why News Corp Australia
Join a culture where innovation is our operating rhythm. You’ll work on a diverse portfolio of Australia’s most loved brands and play a pivotal role in leading the technological shift in how we create commercial content. Our vibrant, hybrid work environment and dynamic, values-driven culture empowers you to push boundaries, collaborate as one unified team, and make a positive, measurable impact for all Australians.
News Extras Benefits is a commitment to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities.
Our benefits include:
- Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
- Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services that deliver genuine cost savings and benefits
- Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
- Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
- Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money
In addition to our perks and benefits, employees have access to a number of initiatives and programs that support their wellbeing and professional growth, such as:
- Helping you grow - Access tailored development opportunities, including leadership programs, to cultivate your skills and support your career
- Giving back - Make a difference to our communities through volunteer opportunities and company-organised charity drives
- Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms
Who are we?
News24 (formerly Sky News Australia) - Australia’s first live 24-hour news channel - is the home of Australia’s top rating opinion shows, award-winning political coverage, live breaking news, sport and weather, expert business insights and groundbreaking documentaries.
Bringing a unique Australian perspective to the world, News24 champions open discussion and presents a broad range of perspectives on the issues that matter most.
Delivering real news and honest views, it reflects the many voices of Australia and provides space for all sides of every debate to help inform decisions.
The multi-platform network reaches more than 11.3 million Australians each month across broadcast and digital platforms. It is the number one non-sport channel on national subscription television service Foxtel and the country’s most engaging digital news brand.
News24’s unrivalled 24-hour multi-platform news service is owned and operated by Australian News Channel Pty Ltd (ANC). ANC is owned by News Corp Australia, a subsidiary of News Corp.
ANC operates and distributes News24 branded broadcast and streaming services including News24, News24 Weather, News24 World, News24 Regional, News24 Now and News24 in New Zealand, as well as FOX SPORTS News in Australia. ANC also operates an expansive digital network including leading news site News24.com.au and digital radio channel News24 Radio.
News24 has a national presence with its headquarters operating out of Sydney and interstate bureaus in Canberra’s Parliament House, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, the Gold Coast, Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart. It also has international bureaus in the United States (Washington DC), Asia (Taiwan) and New Zealand (Wellington).
What’s next?
Apply now or for more information on careers at News24 (https://dowjones.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/News24_Careers)
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Diversity strengthens our national teams and newsroom as we seek to tell stories that represent the communities of Australia. Our people make us unique, and so we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender identity. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply!
We are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage, please do not hesitate to let us know here (http://[email protected]) . In order for us to assist you, please ensure you include the role title you are applying for in the subject line. For more information regarding Diversity at NewsCorp Australia please visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers under the Diversity@News section.
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News24
News24 (formerly Sky News Australia) - Australia’s first live 24-hour news channel - is the home of Australia’s top rating opinion shows, award-winning political coverage, live breaking news, sport and weather, expert business insights and groundbreaking documentaries.
Bringing a unique Australian perspective to the world, News24 champions open discussion and presents a broad range of perspectives on the issues that matter most.
Delivering real news and honest views, it reflects the many voices of Australia and provides space for all sides of every debate to help inform decisions.
The multi-platform network reaches more than 11.3 million Australians each month across broadcast and digital platforms. It is the number one non-sport channel on national subscription television service Foxtel and the country’s most engaging digital news brand.
News24’s unrivalled 24-hour multi-platform news service is owned and operated by Australian News Channel Pty Ltd (ANC). ANC is owned by News Corp Australia, a subsidiary of News Corp.
ANC operates and distributes News24 branded broadcast and streaming services including News24, News24 Weather, News24 World, News24 Regional, News24 Now and News24 in New Zealand, as well as FOX SPORTS News in Australia. ANC also operates an expansive digital network including leading news site News24.com.au and digital radio channel News24 Radio.
News24 has a national presence with its headquarters operating out of Sydney and interstate bureaus in Canberra’s Parliament House, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, the Gold Coast, Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart. It also has international bureaus in the United States (Washington DC), Asia (Taiwan) and New Zealand (Wellington).
