Meteorologist

CBS Miami is looking for a dynamic, passionate, and experienced meteorologist to join our NEXT Weather team. South Florida is a meteorologist’s dream market – sunny days, stormy summers, busy hurricane seasons, and clear winter days. This person will be responsible for delivering accurate, engaging weather in a conversational matter. You must have a passion for severe weather and telling the lifestyle weather story on a picture-perfect day. The ideal candidate will also report live on severe weather, climate change and other weather-related content. We want someone who will have great chemistry with our award-winning team and become an engaged part of our community. The meteorologist must have a strong understanding and engagement on digital and social media platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Create local forecasts in alignment with the NEXT Weather brand for CBS News Miami.
• Contribute to NEXT Weather team coverage, both in studio and in the field whenever conditions require.
• Preparing forecasts and producing graphics to tell the weather story across multiple platforms.
• Report on impact of climate change across South Florida.
• Work closely with news management, producers, anchors and the digital team to execute CBS News and Stations’ weather strategy.
• Get our viewers ready with accurate, compelling, and understandable weather forecasts.
• Must be able to successfully sustain continuous coverage of severe weather events.
• Participate in community outreach programs
  
  

Qualifications:

• Must have 5-7 years of experience.
• Experience with tropical weather preferred.
• Proficient in weather graphics production.
• B.S. Degree in Meteorology or Earth Sciences.
• Ability to use augmented reality in weather segments is a bonus.
• Proven on-air experience in handling breaking news and severe weather coverage
• Ability to live field report and write stories for air.
• AMS and NWS seals are strongly preferred.
• Strong organizational, time management and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated and able to work well with a team of other meteorologists in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment.
  
  

CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. 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.

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