Reporter - Little Falls MN

Job Summary

Adams MultiMedia is looking for a full-time reporter. AMM offers excellent wages and benefits. The reporter, who ideally has some experience, will cover a bit of everything for the weekly newspaper, serious news, light features and personal profiles.

Applicants should like working with people and have good interpersonal skills.

As a reporter, you’ll work the occasional evening or weekend. But you’ll also get to see things most people don’t get to see. The reporter will meet and interview important people.

This is a full-time IN HOUSE position, with occasional weeknight and weekend assignments as part of the job.

Job Functions

The successful candidate must be flexible, attentive to details, diplomatic, able to take direction, and able to multitask. This position will work with different personality types and across a number of publications. Candidates for this position should have strong interpersonal skills and client orientation and exhibit an ability to work effectively with internal and external contacts as a team member as well as a team leader.

Requirements

Essential Functions

• Ability to write and to provide clean copy, to take photos and video, strong organizational skills
• Must be able to accept instruction and editing suggestions from editors
• Must be able to work cooperatively with the public
• Perform job duties and conduct self in accordance with company core values
• Initiate and nurture effective, professional relationships with internal and external contacts
• Responsibility to write headlines

Minimum Requirements

• Prior reporting/editing experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask.
• Must have own transportation.

Technology Skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Word, Excel
• PowerPoint
• Outlook 
• Ability to use Facebook and Twitter and other social media preferred.

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism or related field strongly preferred.

Salary: $16-$18/hour

Benefits include:

• Competitive medical, dental and vision insurance
• Company paid disability and term life insurance
• A generous PTO policy with PTO accrual beginning on the first day of employment
• 3 Floating Holidays
• 2 Volunteer Days
• Company paid holidays
• 401(k) plan with discretionary matching.
• In addition, APG associates have access to discounts on a wide variety of products, services, flights, rental vehicles and more.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Driver's License Required

Work Location:
In person (Little Falls, MN)

For additional company information, visit www.adamspg.com.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.