What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reporter position at ACBJ?
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PBN reporters are tasked with consistently producing newsy, engaging daily online content for our website and daily email newsletters.
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They are expected to break news by owning their beats, dictating day-to-day coverage and thriving on digging out source-driven exclusives. Their stories deliver intel that makes the jobs of local business owners and executives easier.
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They balance the highest storytelling, reporting, and writing standards with ambitious traffic and engagement objectives.
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They relentlessly develop sources and manage relationships with high-level executives and other community leaders.
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They 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 in journalism
- 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.)
