Full-Time
News Editor
Updated on 9/11/2026
Fort Myers Broadcasting Co
Southwest Florida broadcast media
No salary listed
Fort Myers, FL, USA
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- Strong non-linear editing skills and knowledge of the language of news.
- A passion for visual storytelling.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven newsroom.
- Proficiency with non-linear editing software, such as Adobe Premiere and Edius.
- Ability to handle multiple editing tasks with accuracy and speed.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to sit or stand for extended periods while editing at a computer workstation.
- Manual dexterity to operate editing equipment and computer systems.
- Ability to lift and carry equipment or materials up to 25 pounds.
- Visual acuity for reviewing video content and fine-tuning edits.
- Ability to move between the newsroom, studio, and editing bays as needed.
- Edit video content for daily newscasts and special segments.
- Collaborate with producers to ensure timely and accurate video packages.
- Assist reporters and photographers in creating visually compelling stories.
- Maintain high editorial and technical standards under tight deadlines.
- Prior experience in video editing or a related field is a plus.
Fort Myers Broadcasting Co is a regional television, radio, news, and digital media company. It produces and distributes local news, weather, sports, entertainment, advertising, and community programming across media channels. Its audiences include Southwest Florida viewers and listeners, while local businesses use its advertising and production capabilities. The company combines newsroom reporting with broadcast production, engineering, digital publishing, sales, creative services, traffic, and station operations. Work spans journalism, weather, production, digital, broadcast engineering, advertising sales, creative, and administration.
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Headquarters
Fort Myers, Florida
Founded
1939
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- March 2026, WFTX began airing WINK newscasts, expanding reach without building a newsroom.
- WINK's radar launch deepens weather authority against Tampa and Miami competitors.
- WFTX's closure and layoffs reduced costs while FMBC captured Fox inventory.
What critics are saying
- April 2026 Devitt litigation exposes FMBC to damages, injunctions, and discovery.
- January 2026 meteorologist departures signal instability inside WINK's most valuable franchise.
- Fox Florida's stripped-down model erases local identity and accelerates audience loss to streaming.
What makes Fort Myers Broadcasting Co unique
- WINK Doppler 3X gives Southwest Florida million-watt, dual-polarization radar coverage.
- Fort Myers Broadcasting runs WINK, Fox Florida WFTX, WXCW, and WUVF-LD.
- Shared-services control bundles news, sales, and weather across multiple affiliates.
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Company News
The previously hot real estate market of southwest Florida has recently seen a worrying slowdown. Properties that would typically sell quickly are now sitting unsold for months, sparking concerns among homeowners and real estate professionals. Darleen Strange has been trying to sell her mother's home in Fort Myers since last November. “It makes me wonder, is it ever gonna happen?” she told WINK News. “It's been on the market for about 157 days. We've only had four people come look at it.” Data suggests the situation in southwest Florida may be an indicator of broader challenges in the real estate market across the state
As Starbucks rethinks its store concepts with an eye towards the restaurant industry’s digital future, the coffeehouse chain is reportedly opening its first in-airport pickup-only location. The restaurant is opening a location in Houston Texas’s George Bush International Airport that exclusively accepts digital orders for pickup, according to QSR Magazine. . Additionally, Wink News, a CBS affiliate in Southwest Florida, reported that coffeehouse giant has been approved to open its a drive-thru-only store in Fort Myers, Florida, believed to be the first such Starbucks location
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At the event, WINK News introduced the Collier County Sheriff, Kevin Rambosk to the stage.
WINK News, serving Ft. Myers and Southwest Florida, has launched a new dual-polarization radar system.