89.3 WFPL News "All Things Considered" host

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Excellent working knowledge of journalism ethics, news law, and AP style.
• Clear communicator with openness to feedback.
• Ability to work on weekly deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Detail-oriented and self-motivated.
• Ability 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.
• Participation 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.

Benefits

• Compensation range of $60,000 - $70,000 salary.
• Investment in professional growth through individual direction and training.
• Connection with the industry through conferences and professional associations.
• Excellent benefits package including generous paid time off, health insurance, and 401(k).
• Supportive, transparent, experimental, and accountable culture.
• Flexible workplace environment.