Culture & Engagement at WETA

Our Strategy

Our comprehensive Culture & Engagement strategy provides a multi-year framework for how we approach the work. 
Our goal is to drive year-over-year progress across three strategic pillars.

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Company

Attract, employ, develop, and retain a diverse, high-performing workforce that reflects the communities and audiences we touch.

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Culture

Foster an inclusive environment that inspires creativity, innovation, growth, and teamwork; promote a culture of awareness, engagement, and belonging.

Culture is the heart of how people experience our organization.

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Community

Strengthen, support, and represent the diversity of our local communities (donors, supporters, etc.) and continue to position WETA/NHP as a good corporate citizen, both locally and nationally.

Employment Opportunities

WETA welcomes candidates from all backgrounds to join us and help make that change real. All positions currently available at WETA and the PBS NewsHour are listed below.

WETA

  • Director, Digital Fundraising

    The Director, Digital Fundraising will oversee the planning and execution of WETA’s digital fundraising and engagement program through email, website promotions, paid search and social, and other digital channels. The Director will drive digital fundraising and engagement activities, developing and implementing strategies to support fundraising for the Membership Marketing and Development Services department. Reports to the Senior Director, Direct Response Fundraising and Audience Services.

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PBS NewsHour

  • Gwen Ifill - (Summer Internship) PBS News Hour Journalism Fellow

    WETA and NewsHour Productions are Washington, DC established media and news organizations. We are a largely local workforce based out of the Campbell Place office in Arlington, VA. WETA and NewsHour Productions value employee flexibility when possible. Most positions based in our Arlington, VA office will be onsite or hybrid, depending upon the role.

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  • Jim Lehrer Fellow, PBS News Hour

    This one-year fellowship was created in honor of award-winning anchor, reporter, author, Jim Lehrer, co-founder of PBS News Hour. The Fellow participates in the development and production of the PBS News Hour. For six months, the Fellow will be dedicated to daily production of the NewsHour, with primary responsibilities as assigned by the Senior Broadcast Producer including research, gathering editorial information and video elements; copy editing; and assisting with scripts. For another six months, the Fellow will work closely with digital and broadcast reporters and producers, shadowing them on story assignments, including in the field, and assisting with research, pitching, reporting and production of stories that will be published on the PBS News website and aired on the PBS News Hour's nightly show.

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  • News Assistant – Politics

    The News Assistant program is designed to give recent college graduates practical experience in a broadcast news setting. During their tenure, News Assistants are exposed to many aspects of producing a nightly television news program. The Politics News Assistant will work directly with the politics unit to assist with logging video, gathering footage, research, guest outreach and field shoots. The News Assistant will work with the politics unit for 9 months, during which the News Assistant will also rotate through control room and studio shifts, assisting the anchors and other producers with scripts and other crucial needs of the daily broadcast. The News Assistant will then work with the digital team for another 3 months to assist with online production of the PBS News Hour.

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WETA is an equal employment opportunity employer. WETA does not discriminate against employees or applications on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, medical condition, genetic predisposition or carrier status, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal law.