Media & Journalism Jobs in Raleigh, NC

Direct local journalism pay is modest by metro standards: Raleigh-Cary news analysts, reporters, and journalists averaged $52,220 in May 2025, with a 25th percentile of $39,530 and a 75th percentile of $71,480. Broader posting-based signals are higher but more mixed: a recent local sample centered around about $62k to $100k, North Carolina new openings in this field averaged ~$61,089 in July 2026 (n=568), and one Durham-area news producer opening was listed at $62,200-$83,300.

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Advertised pay

Across the 5 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $39,302 at the 25th percentile, $60,500 at the median and $78,207 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a competitive market rather than a bad one. Raleigh-Cary sits in a tight overall labor market, with metro unemployment at 3.1% in June 2026, but the direct local journalism base is small at about 210 employed journalists in May 2025. Recent category hiring is real but scattered: the local sample shows more than 75 postings across more than 50 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring is fragmented across employers rather than concentrated in one dominant newsroom. Your best odds are in digital-first newsroom, visual production, and broadcast-operations roles, not in assuming there is a deep bench of traditional reporter openings; WNCN CBS 17, Capitol Broadcasting, and Urban One all show current openings tied to those lanes.

Best positioned: The strongest profile right now is a multi-platform journalist or producer who can write fast in AP style, work in a CMS, use SEO and analytics, publish to social and video channels, and help with live coverage or field production.

Main caution: The biggest risk is reading Raleigh's low unemployment as a sign of easy newsroom hiring; nationally, news analyst, reporter, and journalist employment is projected to decline 4% from 2024 to 2034, and newsroom cuts topped 2,300 jobs in the first half of 2026.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 17 openings in this market. 4 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Carpe: 3 open roles
2. Computer Task Group: 3 open roles
3. Aicpa Cima: 2 open roles
4. SciVida: 2 open roles
5. Audio Advice: 1 open role
6. Cox Automotive, Inc.: 1 open role
7. Farrin: 1 open role
8. Franklin News: 1 open role
9. Lifetouch Inc.: 1 open role
10. NC: 1 open role

Where the openings are

• Durham: 6
• Raleigh: 4
• Morrisville: 3
• Wake Forest: 1
• Research Triangle Park: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 9 (53%), hybrid 7 (41%), remote 1 (6%)

Where the demand is

Most local demand is not centered on traditional reporter jobs. The metro has about 210 journalists in BLS data, while broader local evidence shows about 480 editors and more than 75 category postings across more than 50 companies over the last 90 days, which points to a small reporter base and a wider set of editorial, production, and adjacent media roles. The employer mix is fragmented rather than dominated by one newsroom, so success depends on searching across stations, commercial media services, and non-media companies that hire visual or editorial talent. The clearest live openings are digital newsroom and production roles. WNCN CBS 17 is hiring a Digital Content Producer and a Digital Executive Producer, Capitol Broadcasting is hiring a TV News Photographer, and Urban One is hiring a Broadcast Programming & Operations Coordinator. Outside pure newsroom work, the local posting mix leans toward real estate, construction, healthcare, and consulting, and the most-requested hard skills include real estate photography, Matterport Pro3, drone photography, project management, and data entry.

• Digital newsroom and audience-growth roles (high): WNCN CBS 17's open producer roles emphasize AP style, breaking news, CMS, analytics, SEO, social publishing, and digital video distribution, so digital desk work is the clearest newsroom lane right now.
• Visual field production and broadcast operations (moderate): Capitol Broadcasting and Urban One point to demand for live coverage, editing, collaboration, programming coordination, and board operator or producer backup skills.
• Traditional reporter and editor track (limited): There is still a path here, but it is thin: BLS counted about 210 local journalists, while editor volume appears larger than reporter volume in broader local data.

Where to focus: Prioritize digital producer/editor openings and hybrid reporter-producer or photographer roles, and keep a parallel track for commercial photo-video work so you are not waiting only on newsroom headcount.

Roles worth searching next

• Content marketing video producer: The same CMS, SEO, social publishing, short-form video, and analytics habits showing up in Raleigh newsroom postings also transfer cleanly into brand and growth teams.
• Communications or PR specialist: Interviewing, story framing, deadline writing, and source management transfer well, and national reporting suggests PR is pulling talent away from traditional newsrooms.
• Motion designer or social video editor: Photographers and videographers can leverage editing, live-coverage, and distribution skills into creative-studio roles outside straight journalism.
• Data visualization or audience insights analyst: If you build Python, SQL, Tableau, or Power BI fluency, the data-journalism skill stack opens doors in analytics-heavy roles outside the newsroom.

What postings ask for

• CMS, SEO, social publishing, and digital video distribution (table_stakes | immediate): These are directly named in local CBS 17 digital hiring, which means platform execution is now part of the core job, not an add-on. Who: Entry-level applicants, producers, editors, and anyone coming from print-heavy backgrounds.
• AP style, breaking news, and audience engagement (table_stakes | immediate): WNCN's local Digital Content Producer posting explicitly ties success to AP style, fast-paced breaking news work, and stories that drive audience engagement. Who: Reporter, web producer, and digital desk candidates.
• Analytics and data-driven audience growth (differentiator | immediate): The local executive-producer signal is not just editorial; it combines newsroom leadership with data-driven decisions and cross-platform growth responsibility. Who: Mid-career editors, producers, and candidates moving toward desk leadership.
• Live coverage, editing, and field collaboration (differentiator | immediate): Capitol Broadcasting's photographer opening shows that employers still value people who can gather, adapt, and coordinate in real time rather than hand work off across separate specialists. Who: Photographers, videographers, multimedia journalists, and switchers with field experience.
• Python, SQL, and data visualization tools (premium | near-term): Data-journalism sources point to Python, SQL, Tableau, and Power BI as premium capabilities that can lift you above generic applicants. Who: Reporters, editors, and career switchers who want a stronger moat or a path into higher-ceiling adjacent roles.
• AI literacy, prompt engineering, and workflow automation (premium | immediate): AI is already embedded in newsroom workflows, and broader 2026 hiring signals show more than one-third of entry-level roles and roughly 41% of job listings now ask for some level of AI skill. Who: Everyone, especially early-career candidates who need to show speed and systems thinking.

Questions about this market

What do Media, Journalism & Entertainment roles pay in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Direct local journalism pay is modest by metro standards: Raleigh-Cary news analysts, reporters, and journalists averaged $52,220 in May 2025, with a 25th percentile of $39,530 and a 75th percentile of $71,480. Broader posting-based signals are higher but more mixed: a recent local sample centered around about $62k to $100k, North Carolina new openings in this field averaged ~$61,089 in July 2026 (n=568), and one Durham-area news producer opening was listed at $62,200-$83,300. That means true newsroom pay can be livable in Raleigh because the metro cost-of-living index sits around 97, or roughly 3 percent below the national average, but it is not especially rich pay for a selective field.

Where is demand for Media, Journalism & Entertainment roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC concentrated?

Most local demand is not centered on traditional reporter jobs. The metro has about 210 journalists in BLS data, while broader local evidence shows about 480 editors and more than 75 category postings across more than 50 companies over the last 90 days, which points to a small reporter base and a wider set of editorial, production, and adjacent media roles. The employer mix is fragmented rather than dominated by one newsroom, so success depends on searching across stations, commercial media services, and non-media companies that hire visual or editorial talent. The clearest live openings are digital newsroom and production roles. WNCN CBS 17 is hiring a Digital Content Producer and a Digital Executive Producer, Capitol Broadcasting is hiring a TV News Photographer, and Urban One is hiring a Broadcast Programming & Operations Coordinator. Outside pure newsroom work, the local posting mix leans toward real estate, construction, healthcare, and consulting, and the most-requested hard skills include real estate photography, Matterport Pro3, drone photography, project management, and data entry.

Which employers are hiring the most Media, Journalism & Entertainment talent in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Recent postings show the most activity from CoStar Group (5 postings), Deloitte (5 postings), GLORY DAYS SERVICE INC (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Media, Journalism & Entertainment roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 20% hybrid, with 75% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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