Host, "All Things Considered"

Louisville Public Media, a storied and dynamic public media company, seeks an audio professional to anchor afternoon drive programming on 89.3 WFPL News Louisville.

The All Things Considered Host is one of Louisville Public Media's most prominent public voices, presenting local and regional news within NPR's flagship news magazine to a large daily audience and keeping Louisville and Southern Indiana informed through the most-listened-to hours of the day. Off-air, the host is a community personality representing LPM with a clear, conversational, and trustworthy voice. The host carries strong news judgment and editorial discretion, in coordination with LPM News and the Director of Programming, and shapes the editorial content and sound of the show.

This is a multi-platform role that reaches well beyond the afternoon broadcast. The host reports and produces local stories, and represents LPM as a visible presence at community and live events. The host works to ensure timely, accurate local news reaches WFPL listeners, contributes to local shows, news reports, and features, and helps create statewide Kentucky Public Radio newscasts and LPM's Daily News Briefing podcast as needed. They also extend the day's journalism into digital, visual, and on-demand spaces, from social and short-form video to podcasts, so that more people across the region stay informed, connected, and able to act on what they learn.

What You’ll Do

• Own the on-air sound and editorial quality of All Things Considered, keeping the region informed with sound news judgment and a trustworthy, conversational voice.
• Extend WFPL’s local journalism beyond the broadcast into digital, visual, on-demand, and live spaces.
• Serve as a visible, trusted presence for WFPL and LPM in the community.
• Help grow and deepen WFPL’s audience and membership.
• Contribute to a collaborative, accurate, and fair newsroom that reflects the communities it serves.
• Foster an environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion that upholds the organization's values and strategic goals.

Essential Duties
On-Air Hosting and Editorial

• Hosts All Things Considered during afternoon drive, delivering live and prerecorded breaks with a natural writing and delivery style that creates a compelling listener experience.
• Exercises news judgment so that every break delivers the most essential local news of the hour, adhering to FCC regulations, NPR broadcast clocks, and station guidelines.
• Conducts live and prerecorded two-way interviews with LPM reporters, editors, and community guests.
• Writes and edits on-air copy, serving as a final set of eyes and ears for accuracy, context, fairness, and AP style.
• Operates the audio board and broadcast equipment during live shifts, hitting time posts, forward-promoting content, and working with the Director of Programming to shape the editorial content and sound of the show.
• Participates in on-air fundraising as needed.
• Augments WFPL’s local journalism with regular short and longform reporting.
• Collects and/or generates stories about the news that breaks during a shift as necessary.
• Hosts other shows or shifts, as needed, including but not limited to weekends during fund drives, specials, and breaking news events.

Audience and Community Engagement

• Serves as a visible, recognizable ambassador for LPM at community events and partner gatherings.
• Hosts, co-hosts, and moderates community conversations, panels, and public forums, reinforcing LPM’s role as a convener for civil discourse.
• Helps surface stories from across Louisville and Southern Indiana, with a commitment to amplifying underrepresented voices.
• Uses social media to break news, engage audiences, and expand the host’s source base.
• Adapts audio stories into written, visual, and short-form video content for LPM.org, the LPM App, social platforms, and newsletters.
• Contributes to LPM’s podcast slate and may host, co-host, or develop segments for on-demand programming and LPM feeds.
• Thinks broadly and creatively about the station’s sound and its role in the community.

What We'll Do

• Compensate you at a range of $60,000 - $70,000 salary.
• Invest in your professional growth through individual direction and training.
• Keep you connected with our highly collaborative industry through conferences and professional associations.
• Provide you with an excellent benefits package that includes generous paid time off, health insurance, and 401(k).
• Invite you into a culture that is supportive, transparent, experimental, and accountable.
• Provide a flexible workplace environment.

Key Qualifications

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Two years of experience working in a daily newsroom, as a broadcast journalist, or as a radio host, or relevant experience.
• Must have an excellent working knowledge of journalism ethics, news law, and AP style.
• Must be a clear communicator with openness to feedback.
• Must have the ability to work on weekly deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Must be detail-oriented and self-motivated.
• Must be able to work occasional non-standard and weekend hours.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of public radio and its mission.
• Experience hosting a live radio shift in public radio.
• Experience as a board operator.
• Participates in professional journalism groups.
  

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
• Must have access to reliable transportation.
• Occasional local travel.
  

Is this you? Please send your resume, cover letter, and three references to [email protected].

Louisville Public Media is an equal-opportunity employer that actively seeks diversity in its workplace and offers an excellent benefits package. If this role excites you and you meet many but not all of the requirements, we encourage you to apply.