25+ Media & Journalism Jobs in Nashville, TN

The best local pay anchor is broad rather than newsroom-specific: BLS puts the Nashville arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media group at $38.36 an hour, or about $79,790 a year, in May 2025. For core reporting work, Tennessee's median for news analysts, reporters, and journalists is $59,030/year, while mean offered salary on new Tennessee media openings was ~$57,902 in July 2026 (n=241); by contrast, hourly-paid Nashville postings center on about $18 / hour.

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Advertised pay

Across the 8 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $57,625 at the 25th percentile, $62,368 at the median and $63,425 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 7, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Nashville is a competitive but workable market for Media, Journalism & Entertainment over the next 3-6 months. Local labor conditions are solid, with metro unemployment at 3.2% in June 2026 and total nonfarm employment up 1.5646% year over year, while Tennessee media, journalism & entertainment signals show employment up 1.2% and active postings up 6.0% year over year in July 2026. But the core local base is still small—about 1.3 thousand workers in the broader arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media group—and the freshest visible local openings are concentrated in a small set of multimedia journalist roles rather than a deep bench of newsroom seats. If you can report, shoot, edit, develop sources, and work on-site, you have a real shot; if you need remote-only work, visa sponsorship, or a narrow single-skill role, this market gets much tougher.

Best positioned: A bilingual or multi-platform reporter-producer who can shoot, edit, report live, and build sources has the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not mistake Nashville's relatively high broad arts/media wage average for easy access to high-paying journalism jobs; many current postings are on-site, some are hourly, and the visible opening base is not large.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 25 openings in this market. 6 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Lifeway: 3 open roles
2. Jobvite, Inc.: 2 open roles
3. Neal R. Gross & Co.: 2 open roles
4. News Corp: 2 open roles
5. Ramsey Solutions: 2 open roles
6. The Daily Wire, LLC: 2 open roles
7. American Meteorological Society, Inc.: 1 open role
8. BlockReel DAO: 1 open role
9. Content Creators: 1 open role
10. Gray Media, Inc.: 1 open role

Where the openings are

• Nashville: 18
• Franklin: 4
• Brentwood: 3

Work arrangement

on-site 16 (64%), hybrid 5 (20%), remote 4 (16%)

Where the demand is

Nashville is not a broad, high-volume newsroom market. The metro employed about 1.3 thousand workers in the broader arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media group in May 2025, and the local posting sample showed more than 50 postings across more than 40 companies over the last 90 days. That means jobs exist, but the market is small enough that a handful of openings can shape the near-term picture. The clearest live demand is in multi-platform local TV and newsroom work. Recent examples include a Nexstar multimedia journalist reporter opening, a WSMV/Telemundo bilingual multimedia journalist role serving Middle Tennessee's Spanish-language community across broadcast, streaming, web, app, and social, and a WSMV4 morning-news MMJ opening that emphasizes enterprise reporting and source development. Outside core newsrooms, the posting mix spreads into education, media, healthcare, publishing, and professional services / consulting, which suggests institutional storytelling and production work is part of the real opportunity set here too. Where the evidence is weaker is film/TV production and entertainment-talent work. The local bundle shows little direct Nashville hiring proof there, and national outlook sources describe a tougher 2026 market for film and television production.

• Local TV and newsroom MMJ roles (moderate): Most concrete live signals point to reporter-producer roles that combine reporting, shooting, editing, live delivery, and source development.
• Institutional media roles inside non-media employers (moderate): A meaningful share of local posting activity sits in education, healthcare, publishing, and consulting, which can support editorial, photography, video, and information-oriented storytelling work.
• Film, TV production, and entertainment-talent paths (limited): There is not much direct local hiring evidence in this bundle for Nashville-based production crews or performer-heavy hiring, and the national backdrop for production work is tougher in 2026.

Where to focus: Lead with multimedia newsroom roles first, then widen your search to institutional storytelling jobs in education, healthcare, publishing, and consulting that use the same reporting or production skills.

Roles worth searching next

• Corporate video producer inside a brand or internal communications team: Local demand is not limited to media companies; postings are spread across education, healthcare, publishing, and consulting, and many ask for photography, CMS, SEO, and project management that transfer well into brand-side video work.
• SEO content editor or content operations specialist: CMS and SEO already appear in the local skill mix, so digital publishing skills can travel into marketing-owned editorial teams or publisher operations roles.
• Internal communications specialist: The local employer mix includes professional services, healthcare, and education, which often hire storytellers who can write, edit, interview, and manage stakeholders even outside traditional newsrooms.
• Motion or multimedia designer: If your background leans more visual than editorial, the same market signals around photography, editing, and cross-platform production can support a move into design-led media roles.

What postings ask for

• Shoot-edit-report-live workflow (premium | immediate): A current Nashville WSMV/Telemundo opening explicitly asks for reporting, shooting, editing, and live delivery, which is the clearest live local signal of what employers want now. Who: Entry-level candidates and career switchers coming from video or broadcast work.
• Enterprise reporting and source development (differentiator | immediate): WSMV4 is looking for a self-starter who can develop sources and dig for news, which is a stronger signal than simple assignment coverage. Who: Mid-career reporters and experienced MMJs.
• Bilingual reporting for Spanish-language audiences (premium | immediate): One of the freshest Nashville openings is specifically for a bilingual multimedia journalist serving Middle Tennessee's Spanish-language community across several platforms. Who: Bilingual reporters, anchors, and producers.
• Content management systems and SEO (table_stakes | immediate): Local postings frequently mention content management systems and SEO, which signals that publishing workflow matters alongside reporting or production skill. Who: Anyone applying to digital newsroom, publisher, or institutional editorial roles.
• Photography (table_stakes | immediate): Photography is the most commonly cited hard skill in the local posting sample, showing that visual capture remains a basic hiring filter in this market. Who: Entry-level applicants, photojournalists, and anyone targeting multimedia roles.
• AI literacy with editorial judgment (differentiator | near-term): News and media employers increasingly want people who can use AI tools without losing trust, and 2026 guidance highlights AI literacy, prompt engineering, and AI-powered data analysis as rising media skills. Who: Mid-career journalists, editors, and switchers who need to modernize workflows fast.

Questions about this market

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

The best local pay anchor is broad rather than newsroom-specific: BLS puts the Nashville arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media group at $38.36 an hour, or about $79,790 a year, in May 2025. For core reporting work, Tennessee's median for news analysts, reporters, and journalists is $59,030/year, while mean offered salary on new Tennessee media openings was ~$57,902 in July 2026 (n=241); by contrast, hourly-paid Nashville postings center on about $18 / hour. This is a split market. The higher broad occupational average suggests some well-paid roles exist, but the active opening mix still includes a meaningful share of lower-paid hourly and early-career work.

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

Nashville is not a broad, high-volume newsroom market. The metro employed about 1.3 thousand workers in the broader arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media group in May 2025, and the local posting sample showed more than 50 postings across more than 40 companies over the last 90 days. That means jobs exist, but the market is small enough that a handful of openings can shape the near-term picture. The clearest live demand is in multi-platform local TV and newsroom work. Recent examples include a Nexstar multimedia journalist reporter opening, a WSMV/Telemundo bilingual multimedia journalist role serving Middle Tennessee's Spanish-language community across broadcast, streaming, web, app, and social, and a WSMV4 morning-news MMJ opening that emphasizes enterprise reporting and source development. Outside core newsrooms, the posting mix spreads into education, media, healthcare, publishing, and professional services / consulting, which suggests institutional storytelling and production work is part of the real opportunity set here too. Where the evidence is weaker is film/TV production and entertainment-talent work. The local bundle shows little direct Nashville hiring proof there, and national outlook sources describe a tougher 2026 market for film and television production.

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

Recent postings show the most activity from Deloitte (5 postings), Inter-State Studio & Publishing Co. (5 postings), Brinker (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, 10% are remote and 15% hybrid, with 75% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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