EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT

This Report covers full-time vacancy recruitment data for the period January 22, 2023 to
January 21, 2024
1) Employment Unit: CBS Broadcasting Inc.
2) Unit Members (Stations and Communities of License): WCBS-TV/WLNY-TV, New York,
NY
3) EEO Contact Information for Unit Member:

Mailing Address:
WCBS-TV / WLNY-TV Telephone Number:
Human Resources Dept 212-846-5695
524 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019

Contact Person:
Courtney Nicotra
HR Director

I. FULL TIME VACANCIES DURING REPORTING PERIOD – Jobs Filled

(See Master Recruitment Source List for recruitment source data)

Recruitment
Source Notified of Recruitment Source of Hire
Job Title Job Vacancy
Writer/Producer 1 - 21 Internal Promotion
Photographer 1 - 21 Internal Promotion
Producer 1 - 21 Internal Promotion
Producer 1 - 21 Internal Promotion
Producer, Special Assignment 1 - 21 Internal Promotion
Investigative Reporter 1 - 21 Internal Promotion
Reporter 1 - 21 Internal Promotion
Executive Producer, News Planning 1 - 21 Internal Promotion
Newsroom Media and Technology Internal Promotion
Manager 1 - 21
Photographer 1 - 21 Internal Promotion
Photographer 1 - 21 Internal Promotion
Photographer 1 - 21 Internal Promotion
Contacted by a Paramount
Digital Content Producer 1 - 21 Recruiter
Contacted by a Paramount
Administrative Assistant 1 - 21 Recruiter
 Contacted by a Paramount
Maintenance Technician 403(g) 1 - 21 Recruiter
Contacted by a Paramount
Multi-Skilled Journalist 1 - 21 Recruiter
Contacted by a Paramount
Writer/Producer 1 - 21 Recruiter
Maintenance Technician 403(g) 1 - 21 Employee Referral
Senior Producer 1 - 21 Employee Referral
Reporter 1 - 21 Employee Referral
Account Executive 1 - 21 Employee Referral
Staff Director/Technical Director 1 - 21 Employee Referral
Multi-Skilled Journalist 1 - 21 Employee Referral
Photographer 1 - 21 Employee Referral
OTT Streaming Content Producer 1 - 21 Indeed
Digital Producer 1 - 21 Showbizjobs.com
Producer 1 - 21 LinkedIn
Assignment Editor 1 - 21 LinkedIn
Investigative Executive Producer 1 - 21 LinkedIn
Meteorologist 1 - 21 Social Media
Photographer 1 - 21 Paramount Careers Site
Digital Producer 1 - 21 Paramount Careers Site
Writer/Producer 1 - 21 Paramount Careers Site
Writer/Producer 1 - 21 Paramount Careers Site
Managing Editor 1 - 21 Paramount Careers Site
Producer 1 - 21 Paramount Careers Site
Writer/Producer 1 - 21 Paramount Careers Site
Photographer 1 - 21 Paramount Careers Site

II. Recruitment Sources

A) MASTER RECRUITMENT SOURCE LIST UTILIZED DURING REPORTING PERIOD

Requeste
d Number of
Code Recruitment Notificati Interviewees
# Source Address Contact Phone on (Y/N) Referred
Website posting 32
via Paramount
Applicant
1 LinkedIn Tracking System No
Website posting 3
2 Indeed.com via Paramount No
 Applicant
Tracking System

Website posting
via Paramount
Applicant
3 Ziprecruiter.com Tracking System No

Direct See list below

Employers 866.268.
4 Association 6206 No
Website posting
via Paramount
Applicant
5 Glassdoor.com Tracking System No
1100 Knight
Hall Suite
National 3101
Association of College
Black Park,
Journalists - NY Maryland (301)
6 Chapter 20742 NABJCareers.org 405-0248 No
NAHJ
Career
National Center PO NAHJCareers.org
Association of BOX 117 /
Hispanic Windsor, info@nahjcareers 626-792
7 Journalists CA 95492 .org 3846 No
AAJA
Career
Asian American Center PO
Journalists BOX 117
Association - Windsor, info@aajacareers (202)
8 NY Chapter CA 95492 .org 729-8383 No
2120 L St
NW Ste 850,
National Washington,
Lesbian and District of
Gay Journalist Columbia, +1 (202) No
9 Association 20037 info@nlgja.org 588-9888
675
3rd Avenue,
Suite 2221-
30
The New York New York, 2129268
10 Urban League NY 10017 000 No
 Statewide 1280 Wall
Hispanic St W,
Chamber of Lyndhurst, (201)
Commerce of NJ 07071 935-
11 New Jersey info@shccnj.org 0035. No

6 Finance
The Bridge to Dr,
Independence Danbury,
and Career CT 06810 info@tbicoworks 203-743-
12 Opportunity .org 6695 No
275
Malcolm X
Harlem Blvd # 2,
Business New York, 212-665-
13 Alliance NY 10027 7010 No

250 Bedford
Park
Blvd. W. info@bronxnet.or 718-960-
14 BronxNet g 1180 No

256 W 38th
St #2, New
York, NY info@jobpathnyc 212-944-
15 Job Path 10018 .org 0564 No
Alex Schimel
1 University (Director of
Plaza Employer and
Brooklyn, Alumni
New York Engagement) -
11201 Alex.Schimel@li (718)
u.edu 780-6102
Long Island
16 University No
Dr. Robert
1650
Waterman
Bedford
(Career Services
Avenue,
Manager) -
Brooklyn,
Medgar Evers - rwaterman@mec. 914-715-
NY 11225
CUNY cuny.edu 2202
17 No
Newhouse 215 Bridget
School of Public University Lichtinger 315-664-
Communication Pl, Syracuse, (belichti@syr.edu 3110
s NY 13210 )
18 No
 Talent
Dynamics Talentdynamics.c No
om
19
Showbiz jobs Showbizjobs.com No 1

20
Paramount Careers.paramou No 26
Career Site nt.com

21

Additional Sources of Interviewees

Recruitment Address Contact Phone Request # Of

Source Notification Interviewees
Interviewed
Employee Referral No 48
Direct Contact from No 23
Paramount Recruiter
Internal Employee No 29
Recruiting Agency No 4
Job Board No 5

TOTAL INTERVIEWEES FROM REFERRAL SOURCES IN 12-MONTH PERIOD: 172

DirectEmployers Association Job Syndication Alliances (List 1):
III. Supplemental Recruitment Measures.

(a) Job Fairs.

Description of Recruitment Measure: Date: Personnel Involved (Name

& Position):
Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse 3/30/2023 HR Director; Director,
University Career Fair Programming, ; Reporter

CBS New York (WCBS/WLNY) sponsored and hosted a

3-part event career fair at Syracuse University’s Newhouse
School of Public Communications. This event included an
information session, a next-generation story-telling
segment by our own reporter, Jessi Mitchell, and then a
career fair. During the information session, we provided an
overview of who we are, what we do, and our reach.
During the next-generation storytelling, Jessi Mitchell
elaborated on what it’s like to be a multi-skilled journalist
and a demonstration, and during the career fair, members
of the CBS New York team met with many students,
collected resumes, and chatted with them about a future at
CBS New York.

Virtual Equity & Inclusion Multi-School Hiring Event 4/4/2023 HR Director ; President/General
2023 Manager, CBS New York
(Borough of Manhattan Community College, Fairfield,
Hofstra, NYU, Purchase College SUNY, Seton Hall, and
St. John’s.)

The Diversity Hiring Event focuses on bringing together

students and employers who are interested in creating work
environments that value and promote workforce diversity.
This includes a variety of things including but not limited
to gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, race,
ethnicity, religion, immigration status, nationality,
socioeconomic status and disability. CBS News New York
provided more information about their business day-to-day,
their opportunities, and how we use DEI initiatives to be
#BETTERTOGETHER, in multiple virtual “group
sessions” that consisted over 50 students at a time, over the
course of the day.
NYC Syracuse Job Fair 5/19/2023 HR Director; HR Coordinator;
Recruiter
CBS New York attended a Syracuse University NYC Job
fair at the Westin, Times Square Hotel. The HR Director,
HR Coordinator and Recruiter attended this fair and
chatted with students from a variety of different
backgrounds and majors in order to recruit for open roles at
CBS New York. Each representative elaborated on our
internship program, our entry-level openings, and
explained to each student "who we are."

National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) 07/09/23 - Executive Producer, Producer

2023 07/13/23

The NAHJ Convention & Career Fair is the premier

conference for journalism education, career development,
networking, and industry innovation, attracting leaders and
influencers in journalism, media, technology, business,
health, arts, and entertainment. The nation’s top journalists,
media executives, journalism educators, public relations
professionals, and students will gather. This convention is
to represent the Hispanic community in Journalism.
Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) 2023 07/19/23 - Anchor
Convention 07/23/23

The AAJA Convention & Career Fair is the premier

conference for journalism education, career development,
networking, and industry innovation, attracting leaders and
influencers in journalism, media, technology, business,
health, arts, and entertainment. The nation’s top journalists,
media executives, journalism educators, public relations
professionals, and students will gather. This convention is
to represent the Asian American community in Journalism.
National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) 2023 08/2/23 - President WCBS, Talent
Convention 08/6/23 Acquisition Director, Recruiter,
Reporter, Reporter, Producer

The NABJ Convention & Career Fair is the premier

conference for journalism education, career development,
networking, and industry innovation, attracting leaders and
influencers in journalism, media, technology, business,
health, arts, and entertainment. The nation’s top journalists,
media executives, journalism educators, public relations
professionals, and students will gather. This convention is
to represent the Black community in Journalism.

NLGJA 2023 (The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists) 09/07/23 - Executive Producer; VP,
09/10/23 Creative Services, Talent
Acquisition Director, Senior
The NLGJA Convention & Career Fair is the premier Producer
conference for journalism education, career development,
networking, and industry innovation, attracting leaders and
influencers in journalism, media, technology, business,
health, arts, and entertainment. The nation’s top journalists,
media executives, journalism educators, public relations
professionals, and students will gather. This convention is
to represent the LGBTQ+ community in Journalism.

St. Joseph's University, Long Island Campus, New 10/4/2023 HR Director

York

Engage with students from a wide array of majors. We

performed on the spot interviews with students. In addition,
we had the ability to showcase our brand.

NABLF at NAB Show New York 10/26/23 Talent Acquisition Director;

Recruiter; Senior Recruiter

NAB Show New York brings together more than 10,000

media, entertainment and communications professionals
from the local metropolitan area and surrounding region for
two days of discovery and education. Over 250 exhibitors
will share innovative products and practices with
influencers and decision makers from the nation’s leading
broadcasters
Internships

Description of Recruitment
Measure: Date: Personnel Involved:
(Name and Position)
CBS New York Summer Internship June 6, 2023 – HR Director; VP Creative
Program: July 28, 2023. Services; Assistant News
Director, News Director,
CBS New York’s internship program Engineering Director
consisted of 7 interns over the course
of an 8-week program. We had 3
different areas of internship
experience, engineering, creative
services, and the newsroom. Our
Engineering Dept had 2 interns, our
Creative Services Dept had 2 interns
and our Newsroom Dept had 3
interns. Interns participated in all
facets of CBS New York’s daily
operations in their respective
departments, in addition to in the
field operations. The interns received
mentoring from department heads and
leaders throughout the company, in
addition to a hands-on experience of
news creation, production, and
operations.
 (b) Participation in Events Sponsored by Educational Institutions Related to Careers in
Broadcasting
Personnel Involved
Description of Recruitment Measure: Date: (Name & Position):
Women’s History Month celebration

Our Anchor moderated panel for NYC Dept of Social

Services on “Celebrating Women who tell
Our stories” 3/22/2023 Anchor
Philip Randolph HS

Our reporter was present and spoke for Philip

Randolph High School’s career day with students
about journalism opportunities and news. 3/24/2023 MSJ Reporter
Stony Brook University

Our MSJ Reporter was invited to speak with

journalism students for a panel at Stony Brook
University for Society of Professional Journalists. 4/29/2023 MSJ Reporter
Commencement Speaker Saint Thomas Aquinas
College

Our Anchor gave a commencement speech focusing

on journalism and mental health to St. Thomas
Aquinas 2023 graduating students. 5/12/2023 Anchor
The East Harlem School

Our anchor spoke at school about her career in news,

journalism, and mental health. 5/31/2023 Anchor
Catskills News Talk Radio

Our Reporter was invited to be a guest on Catskills

News Talk Radio, where she was an intern 10 years
ago, about spending her summers in the Catskills, and
her career since she finished her internship. 7/13/2023 Reporter
NABJ Annual Convention

Our Reporter was a panelist for NABJ. Being on the

panel our reporter spoke about her experience being a
reporter for WCBS and answered a series of questions
relating to the panel discussion. 8/8/2023 Reporter

NAMI Panel Discussion

Our Anchor moderated a panel on Suicide & Mental

Illness in the News. 9/19/2023 Anchor
Military Veterans in Journalism Conference

Our Reporter was invited to moderate panel on

journalism. 10/7/2023 Anchor
No Wrong Choices Podcast

Our reporter was invited and spoke as a guest on the

No Wrong Choices Podcast about route to success in
journalism. 10/21/2023 Anchor
Indiana University

Our Reporter spent two days at his alma matter,

Indiana University at the request of instructor Anne
Ryder, with a diverse group of broadcast journalism
students at his alma mater, Indiana University. He
coached students one-on-one with storytelling and on-
camera performance guidance and held group
sessions on recent trends in the industry. 10/12/23 - 10/13/23 Reporter
Kingsborough Community College Career Panel

Our Reporter was invited to speak on a panel with the

Media and Journalism Studies Department at KBCC
in Brooklyn. Topics included were advice for current
students interested in journalism, how to start a career
in news, and what skills current students should
develop. 11/16/23 Reporter
Kingsborough Community College Career
Conversations

KBCC in Brooklyn asked our reporter to give a

presentation to their journalism studies department
about her job at WCBS and career progression. She
also toured the station’s TV and radio stations to see
their operations and equipment. 5/23/23 Reporter
Intro To Sports Broadcast Journalism

The class meets weekly for 2 hours. Students are

introduced to the fundamentals of Sports Broadcast
Journalism. The class is intended to familiarize
students with writing formats, reporting techniques,
field shoots, interviews, and incorporate them into
sports segments. The class also focuses media ethics,
fairness, and inclusion when it comes to reporting on
stories. 9/1/23 - 12/31/2023 Sports Reporter
 Training – For Management On Methods of Ensuring Equal Employment
Opportunities and Preventing Discrimination.
Description of
Recruitment Measure:
Paramount Business
Practices Statement (BPS),
which summarizes the most
important policies and rules
that apply to Paramount and
its employees. It’s a
statement/training module of
the Company’s rules, ethics
and values.
Paramount Web-Based
Training Modules
distributed to all Full-Time
and New Hire Employees
covering various state and
federally mandated courses,
to include: “Preventing
Sexual Harassment in the
Workplace”, “Anti-
Harassment/Discrimination
Courses”, “The American
with Disabilities Act”, etc.
Personnel Date: Describe Training:
Involved: (Name
and position)
Distributed to all Varies depending Virtual written material, which
new hires in the year on new hire start requires employees to affirm their
of 2023-2024 date individual commitment to the
highest standards of business
ethics and workplace behavior as
set forth in the Paramount
Business Practices Statement.
Training must be completed by
employees bi-annually or any new
hires that have begun in 2023.
All Full-Time Staff Offered to all A series of online training courses
Employees and Full employees for the purpose of reviewing the
Time New Hire throughout the company’s policies, which include
Employees are course of the year, ensuring that our conduct is lawful
required to complete varies depending and ethical and that our workplace
these online training on new hire start is free of unlawful discrimination
modules annually date and and harassment and conducive to
and upon hire. anniversary dates. the work we need to accomplish.
Training also outlines steps
employees should take if they
believe unlawful practices occur in
the workplace. These policies are
also outlined in the Paramount
Human Resources Policy Guide
which is accessible to all
Paramount Employees on the
Total Rewards employee portal.
New Hire Orientation
Meetings
Company and EEO Policy
Dissemination and Review
Manager, People Varies depending This training is ongoing and
Development; Sr. on new hire start provided to all new full-time staff
Coordinator, People date. employees; this training is
Development currently conducted virtually. The
company's benefits program,
offerings, history and background,
in addition to company policies
and procedures surrounding EEO,
Anti-Harassment/Discrimination,
Business Conduct, and Sexual
Harassment are all also reviewed
with employees.

Training – For Personnel Designed to Enable Personnel to Acquire Skills For

Higher Level Positions

Description of Personnel Involved: Date Describe Training

Recruitment (Name and Position)
Measure
Propel – Learning Available to All Full (Ongoing) Propel is Paramount’s
at Paramount Time Staff Employees Learning and
Development portal,
which contains learning
options, approaches and
programs to help
employees and managers
develop new skills and
grow their careers at
Paramount. It includes
weekly “lightning”
courses on focused skills
to enable our people
managers to be even
better leaders, and
expanded monthly
courses for all employees
on diverse topics such as
emotional intelligence
and courageous
conversation – all aimed
 at supporting personal
growth and professional
development.
LearnLab Available to All Full (Ongoing) An enormous library of
(LinkedIn Learning, Time Staff Employees on-demand learning
getAbstract, courses and opportunities
Brainstorm) available to all fulltime
staff employees.
Designed to enable
station personnel to
acquire skills that could
qualify them for higher
level positions within the
company.
Goal setting and Required for All Full (Ongoing) Performance
Performance Time Staff, Non-union Development program
Feedback Employees for
employees and managers
to drive meaningful and
ongoing conversations
about impact and growth.
Employees establish
goals that are clear, high-
impact and aligned to
priorities and receive
feedback from managers
to proactively assist them
in their career
development.
Paramount 2023 Available to All Full (Ongoing) Mentoring+ is a 6-month
Mentoring+ Time Staff Employees internal mentoring
Program program that connects
Paramount employees
across all brands and
functions to establish 1:1
mentor/mentee
partnerships. This
provides our employees
with the ability to gain
new perspectives, expand
their network or develop
new strengths.
Mentoring+ provides
mentees and mentors the
opportunity to build a
lasting connection over
six months. As a mentee,
you get focused support
with development goals
of your choice. As a
mentor, you get the
 opportunity to expand
your network, learn more
about the business and
give back to your
Paramount colleagues.
Everyone benefits from
meeting new people in
the organization.

Paramount's Pop- Available to All Full (Ongoing) Pop-Up Mentoring is the

Up Mentoring Time Staff Employees place to connect with a
mentor for a one-time
meeting, whenever you
need it, all year round.
Get (or give!) advice and
share your experiences
with peers and colleagues
across Paramount.
Solutions Available to All Full 5/16/23 + 5/17/23 Caroline Robinson from
Journalism Network Time Staff Employees the Solutions Journalism
Network was on-site for
the sessions to teach
solutions journalism
techniques to our staff.
Dr. Donald Grant Available to All Full 10/18/2023 Dr. Grant held a listening
Listening + Time Staff Employees and learning session.
Learning While Dr. Grant
specializes in working
through the newsroom
trauma and covering
tough stories, he also
assists with how we
thoughtfully cover news
that may be sensitive to
certain groups, while we
professionally cover
every angle of war or
other conflicts.
David Makoysky Available to All Full 10/23/2023 David Makoysky joined
Lunch + Learn Time Staff Employees us via zoom to discuss
the conflict in the middle
east, as we cover the
many events leading up
to it. Marcia Kramer
moderated this
discussion.

WCBS Legal Available to All Full 10/24/2023 Our station legal team
Seminar Time Staff Employees held a seminar to discuss
the myriad legal
 questions and challenges
that come up in the
course of newsgathering,
reporting and promoting
our content.
Dr. James Zogby Available to All Full 11/19/2023 Dr. James Zogby joined
Lunch + Learn Time Staff Employees us via zoom to
participate in a
conversation relating to
the Israeli-Hamas
conflict. While our news
team is heavily covering
these events, it was a
learning opportunity and
helpful for our staff to
learn about the
complicated history of
the conflict, so we had a
subject matter expert
come in to share all
relevant information to
make our news reporting
a bit more seamless. The
conversation was
moderated by Marcia
Kramer.