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News Reporter
full-time•Bad Axe
About this role
News Reporter
The Huron Daily Tribune is a daily newspaper in Bad Axe, Michigan, seeks a digital-minded reporter to write for online and print publication with several deadlines throughout the day. As a reporter, you discover innovative ways to deliver quality and engaging content, collaborate with a diverse team and build authentic relationships with the community.
The position demands strong writing and reporting skills and good news judgment. A reporter needs to be able to self-assign, re-prioritize in real time and keep digital production first.
A reporter must strive to present an accurate, well-balanced explanation of the stories they cover, build an arsenal of contacts and make themselves known in the community for both breaking news items and more in-depth, enterprise stories.
The reporter submits stories daily and enriches stories with multimedia assets.
A reporter creates content to attract digital subscribers and to optimize content for digital audiences across web and social media platforms. A reporter is also responsible for finding news leads and further developing professional skills through company training.
Extensive knowledge of AP style writing is necessary in addition to trending style changes. Time management and basic knowledge of photography are a plus to the success of the position.
A reporter should have knowledge of social media platforms and ongoing events in addition to working in content management systems. Training available.
Staff meetings and communication for content planning purposes will occur.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Write a minimum of 10-15 bylines a week, at least one a day, enriched with multimedia assets.
- Write a variety of stories, including content for newspaper subscribers and non-subscribers.
- Write a minimum of one, well-researched enterprise story a quarter.
- Attend at least one staff meeting or equivalent discussion a day for content planning purposes.
- Shoot or attain photos or create other multimedia assets. Prepare and package content for online and print publication.
- Ability to learn content management systems quickly and effectively with appropriate internal training and external knowledge.
What are the measures of success for this position?
- Gather information, write and deliver news stories for print and online publication by seeking out leads, capitalizing on external knowledge and accepting assignments from the editor or associate editor.
- Build a loyal digital subscriber base by engaging with readership online and in the community.
- Explore alternate publishing strategies to enrich content and presentation (i.e., images, slideshows, specialized web templates, embedded content, timelines, hyperlinks, SEO writing and other multimedia assets).
- Write effective digital headlines that help attract audiences. Write engaging social posts that attract audiences and encourage readers to interact with social content.
- Revise work to meet editorial approval for publication-readiness, including clarity, fairness, legality, spelling, grammar, punctuation and style.
- Participate in internally offered training and other development opportunities.
- Use metrics to monitor real-time traffic, identify patterns and make informed content decisions.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest current events and trends.
- Communicate effectively with the newsroom and leadership both in-office and in the field.
- Manage workflow to meet deadlines and work collaboratively with team to find solutions.
Qualifications:
- The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s in communications, journalism or equivalent in experience and/or education.
- Strong news judgment, knowledge of AP style and SEO best practices.
- Understand written sentences, paragraphs and headline writing in work related documents to communicate effectively as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Follow the law, especially regarding the confidentiality and privacy of the people they interview or write about.
About Hearst Midwest Media Group
By joining the Manistee News Advocate, a publication of Hearst Midwest, a multimedia reporterbecomes a family member of a media group that produces news with a hyper-local purpose.
With one of the oldest news gathering media in Michigan and Illinois – Hearst Midwest Community Group – and our corresponding news websites, we have a serious journalistic commitment to provide local, watchdog and investigative reporting that impacts the areas we serve.
Hearst is one of the nation’s largest diversified media, information and services companies with more than 360 businesses. At Hearst, we offer all the industry’s leading benefits you need to both feel and be your best. From financial wellbeing to personal care, our programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on the whole person. We want our employees to have a healthy, rewarding, balanced and meaningful experience — both at work and in life.
What you'll do
- The reporter is responsible for writing a minimum of 10-15 bylines a week, creating engaging content for both online and print publication, and attending daily staff meetings for content planning. They must also enrich stories with multimedia assets and engage with the community to build a loyal digital subscriber base.
About Hearst Newspapers
We are at the intersection of what matters
- To the local communities we serve.
- To the national conversation we inform.
- To the employees we invest in.
- To the advertisers whose results we deliver.
Today, Hearst Newspapers (HNP) employs over 2,500+ employees and encompasses more than 75 brands across a national network, with an unparalleled commitment to the communities we serve.
While our reach is national, giving us a vast array of resources, our focus is local. Our comprehensive portfolio of modern local and regional brands, services, and solutions redefines what ‘local news’ means and how it connects communities across the country. We inform, educate, and entertain 45 million digital visitors monthly and over 6 million print readers weekly through a collective network of 50+ leading websites, 28 daily and 50 weekly publications, innovative digital products, and businesses such as King Features, Hearst DevHub, and more.
It is our mission to be the most trusted, most respected and most accurate source of news and information in the communities that we serve. We place our readers' interests above all others, and dedicate ourselves to the principles of truthfulness, fairness and independence. We understand that the free flow of accurate information is vital to our system of government and the foundations of our economy.
In addition to our journalistic commitment, HNP partners with thousands of local, regional, and national businesses, providing best-in-class advertising and marketing services each year.
Please consider joining us at HNP. You will have the opportunity to create your story and evolve your local news landscape. Your headline awaits!
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What does a News Reporter do at Hearst Newspapers?
As a News Reporter at Hearst Newspapers, you will: the reporter is responsible for writing a minimum of 10-15 bylines a week, creating engaging content for both online and print publication, and attending daily staff meetings for content planning. They must also enrich stories with multimedia assets and engage with the community to build a loyal digital subscriber base..
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The News Reporter position at Hearst Newspapers is based in Bad Axe, Michigan, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.
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