Job Description

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are at the core of our mission to strengthen and empower the communities we serve.

MassLive, the largest news and information website in Massachusetts, is looking for an experienced high school sports reporter to join their team in Western Massachusetts.

We are looking for someone who can work collaboratively alongside our High School Sports Editor and our team in Western Mass.

to continue our standout coverage of roughly 65 high schools in Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire counties.

The candidate must be comfortable with writing and reporting from games, gathering data for our high school sports stats platform, coming up with creative storylines and utilizing our position as a digital media outlet to produce multi-dimensional content.

The reporter will be responsible for all aspects of coverage, including rankings for teams and players, breaking news and feature stories.

Ideal candidate will have the following :

• A degree in journalism or communication, or an equivalent education and work experience with proven ability in journalism reporting and writing, is required.
• Ability to work independently and remotely under deadline pressure and prioritize tasks appropriately.
• Solid understanding of news writing, reporting, journalistic ethics and story structure.
• Ability to learn and master the methods and applications used to deliver content across a variety of platforms.
• Ability to leverage relationships with sources to deliver content that differentiates the organization from competitors.
• Mastery of social media and digital interaction.
• Bilingual and multilingual language skills are a plus.
• Comfortability with shooting photo and video; being on camera a plus.

Must be able to work nights and some weekends.

This job requires reliable transportation to meet with sources or cover events.

Last updated : 2024-05-23