Media & Journalism Jobs in Nashville, TN

Local observed pay and current posting pay tell different stories. The clearest direct local benchmark is for news analysts, reporters, and journalists: a $74,090 median annual wage in the Nashville metro in May 2023, with pay from $20.71/hour at the 25th percentile to $35.62/hour at the 75th percentile. That is useful for traditional journalism roles, but it is dated and covers only one slice of this category. By contrast, the current local posting sample across the broader category centers on about $18/hour, with a broader band of about $15 to $26/hour, while Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts the mean offered salary on new media, journalism & entertainment openings in Tennessee at about $61,892 in August 2026 (n=257) and about $75,574 nationally (n=39,125).

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 14 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $57,750 at the 25th percentile, $63,650 at the median and $125,850 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Nashville is a workable but selective market for this category right now. The broader metro economy is still supportive, with 3.0% unemployment in July 2026 and total nonfarm employment up 1.5646% year over year in June 2026, but Information employment slipped 0.3067% over the same period. For media specifically, Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows Tennessee media, journalism & entertainment employment up 1.1% and active postings up 2.9% year over year in August 2026, even as statewide postings across all occupations fell 6.0%. The catch is that the classic journalism slice is small locally—BLS counted 180 news analysts, reporters, and journalists in the metro in May 2023—so landing a pure newsroom job is harder than landing a broader photo, video, audio, or production role.

Best positioned: Candidates with a reel plus reporting clips, strong photography and video-editing skills, social distribution ability, and willingness to work mostly on-site have the best odds.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming Nashville's strong overall economy means plenty of traditional newsroom openings; the local Information sector is slightly down and only about 5% of sampled openings are remote.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 23 openings in this market. 4 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Deloitte: 5 open roles
2. BlockReel DAO: 3 open roles
3. Lifetouch Inc.: 2 open roles
4. Ramsey Solutions: 2 open roles
5. DanceBUG Inc.: 1 open role
6. Harpercollinschristian: 1 open role
7. HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C.: 1 open role
8. Huzzah Collective: 1 open role
9. Inter-State Studio & Publishing Co.: 1 open role
10. Jobvite, Inc.: 1 open role

Where the openings are

• Nashville: 16
• Franklin: 3
• Hermitage: 2
• Brentwood: 1
• Mount Juliet: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 11 (48%), hybrid 7 (30%), remote 5 (22%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than one dominant employer. The local sample found more than 75 postings across more than 50 companies over the last 90 days, and employer concentration was described as fragmented. Named employers in that mix include Inter-State Studio & Publishing Co., Lifetouch Inc., The Daily Wire, LLC, Gray Media, Inc., and Sinclair Broadcast Group, while local broadcast brands with active regional staffs include WZTV Fox 17 and the NewsChannel 5 Network. The mix also does not look like a pure newsroom market. Within the local posting sample, education accounts for about 25% of category openings, construction about 15%, media about 15%, restaurants about 10%, and arts and entertainment about 10%. That points to a lot of work in photography, studio production, event coverage, and media-making roles embedded in non-media organizations, alongside smaller pockets of classic reporting and broadcast work. The clearest growth edge is multiplatform work. Local summer moves show on-air talent shifting into podcasts, livestreams, and digital audio or video formats, while Scripps Sports expanded Nashville Predators television coverage to seven additional markets in September 2026. If you only target print-style reporter titles, you will miss where the market is actually creating work.

• Broadcast news and local publishers (moderate): Stations and publishers remain visible through names such as Fox 17, NewsChannel 5, Gray Media, Sinclair, and The Daily Wire, but openings appear to come more from turnover and reshuffling than from major expansion.
• Photography and studio production (high): Inter-State Studio & Publishing Co., Lifetouch Inc., and Rebecca Rose Fine Portraits appear in the active-employer mix, and local skill demand strongly favors photography and video editing.
• Digital audio, livestream, and sports media (moderate): Independent livestream launches and the regional expansion of Predators coverage point to opportunity for hosts, producers, editors, camera operators, and audio or control-room talent who can work across platforms.

Where to focus: Focus on on-site multiplatform roles that combine field capture, editing, and audience distribution, especially with broadcasters, studios, and sports or audio outlets.

Roles worth searching next

• Audience development or SEO specialist: Media employers are shifting hiring toward digital, data, and audience-focused teams, and SEO plus web analytics are explicitly highlighted as in-demand.
• Content strategist: Creator-led and streaming businesses are adding content strategy and audience roles outside classic newsroom structures.
• Copywriter or brand storyteller: Reporting, interviewing, and long-form writing transfer well into branded and campaign content when newsroom hiring is slow.
• Digital media buyer or paid media manager: Data-driven audience-growth roles are expanding as employers care more about measurable content performance.

What postings ask for

• Video editing, especially Adobe Premiere Pro (table_stakes | immediate): Video editing is one of the most-requested local hard skills, and Adobe Premiere Pro is specifically named in the posting mix. Who: Entry-level candidates, career switchers, and reporters trying to stay employable across platforms.
• Photography (table_stakes | immediate): Photography is tied for the top local hard skill and lines up with employer demand from studio, portrait, and field-content employers in the sample. Who: Anyone targeting photojournalism, studio work, event coverage, or hybrid producer roles.
• Social video, livestreaming, podcast production, and audience engagement (differentiator | immediate): Local talent movement in summer 2026 points toward direct-to-audience formats rather than only traditional station paths. Who: On-air talent, producers, reporters, editors, and career switchers with strong presentation or interviewing skills.
• Data journalism and dashboard fluency (premium | near-term): Data journalism is identified as an essential 2026 journalism skill, including tools such as Excel, Tableau, and Power BI. Who: Mid-career journalists, enterprise reporters, and candidates trying to stand out from generalist applicants.
• SEO and audience analytics (premium | near-term): SEO, digital literacy, and web analytics are highlighted as in-demand as media employers put more weight on measurable audience growth. Who: Writers, producers, editors, and anyone considering adjacent audience-development roles.
• AI-assisted reporting workflow and verification tools (premium | near-term): AI use is now common in newsrooms, with 68% of journalists at top-100 U.S. newsrooms using AI tools in their workflow, and tools such as Google Pinpoint, Otter.ai, Visualping, and Perplexity are increasingly part of research, monitoring, and transcription work. Who: Working journalists, editors, producers, and career switchers who need to show faster, more defensible workflows.

Questions about this market

What do Media, Journalism & Entertainment roles pay in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

Local observed pay and current posting pay tell different stories. The clearest direct local benchmark is for news analysts, reporters, and journalists: a $74,090 median annual wage in the Nashville metro in May 2023, with pay from $20.71/hour at the 25th percentile to $35.62/hour at the 75th percentile. That is useful for traditional journalism roles, but it is dated and covers only one slice of this category. By contrast, the current local posting sample across the broader category centers on about $18/hour, with a broader band of about $15 to $26/hour, while Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts the mean offered salary on new media, journalism & entertainment openings in Tennessee at about $61,892 in August 2026 (n=257) and about $75,574 nationally (n=39,125). In practice, Nashville can still pay well for established reporters, anchors, editors, or specialized producers, but many accessible openings look more like production, photography, and entry-to-mid-level content work than high-salary newsroom jobs.

Where is demand for Media, Journalism & Entertainment roles in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN concentrated?

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than one dominant employer. The local sample found more than 75 postings across more than 50 companies over the last 90 days, and employer concentration was described as fragmented. Named employers in that mix include Inter-State Studio & Publishing Co., Lifetouch Inc., The Daily Wire, LLC, Gray Media, Inc., and Sinclair Broadcast Group, while local broadcast brands with active regional staffs include WZTV Fox 17 and the NewsChannel 5 Network. The mix also does not look like a pure newsroom market. Within the local posting sample, education accounts for about 25% of category openings, construction about 15%, media about 15%, restaurants about 10%, and arts and entertainment about 10%. That points to a lot of work in photography, studio production, event coverage, and media-making roles embedded in non-media organizations, alongside smaller pockets of classic reporting and broadcast work. The clearest growth edge is multiplatform work. Local summer moves show on-air talent shifting into podcasts, livestreams, and digital audio or video formats, while Scripps Sports expanded Nashville Predators television coverage to seven additional markets in September 2026. If you only target print-style reporter titles, you will miss where the market is actually creating work.

Which employers are hiring the most Media, Journalism & Entertainment talent in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

Recent postings show the most activity from Inter-State Studio & Publishing Co. (5 postings), Lifetouch Inc. (5 postings), The Daily Wire, LLC (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Media, Journalism & Entertainment roles in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 10% hybrid, with 85% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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