What are the responsibilities and job description for the Breaking News/General Assignment Reporter position at ACBJ?
- Build familiarity with a variety of industries, companies, and newsmakers in the Bay Area.
- Monitor both automated and cultivated human sources to identify breaking news.
- Prioritizes what is newsworthy in real time. Cross-checks facts to ensure accuracy, especially critical during fast-moving situations. Distills complex developments into clear, digestible information.
- Publish daily content, 12 plus articles per week
- Find trends in daily coverage that lead to in-depth reporting, scoops, exclusives and breaking news.
- Attend business events to meet and identify sources.
- Attend all required ACBJ events
- Take on any other assignment made by manager(s).
- Work cooperatively and collaboratively with all colleagues and sources
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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 differentiates the organization from competitors.
- Multimedia skills, including video, photos, broadcast, on-camera, helpful.
- Proficient with MS Office Products
- Proficient with Web-Based Communication Platforms (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.)