Reporter
American City Business Journals · Kansas City, Missouri, US
- Define a clear and compelling vision for the look, feel and voice of our products, including a thriving digital news operation, a printed weekly edition, a...
Job description
#hiring #editorial #publishing #bizjournals - Define a clear and compelling vision for the look, feel and voice of our products, including a thriving digital news operation, a printed weekly edition, and daily emails. - Report and write short-form and long-form stories for the website and weekly print edition. - Own the beat, dictating day-to-day coverage and thriving on digging out source-driven exclusives. - Relentlessly develop sources and manage relationships with high-level executives and other community leaders. - Scoop competitors on every story of any significance, not only telling them what happened, but why and how. Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience - Desire and ability to break news and to identify newsworthy events and sources - Strong analytical and investigative-interviewing skills - Ability to work both independently and collaboratively - Ability to relate comfortably to a wide range of people, in person, on the phone and online - A clear drive to develop sources and build audience - Solid understanding of news writing, journalistic ethics and story structure. - Ability to leverage relationships with sources to deliver content that dif...