Arizona Connect Trending Reporter

About the role

The Arizona Republic is seeking an Arizona Connect Trending Reporter to join their service journalism and trending team. This role requires a reporter who is quick, flexible, and deeply curious, with strong digital headline-writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor emails, social media, community groups, and other sources to find stories.
• Maintain awareness of developing stories across news, social, and other media platforms for key topics important to Arizona residents and workers.
• Write stories efficiently and accurately, producing several per day.
• Pitch and swiftly produce stories on topics of emerging interest, focusing on what readers want and need to know.
• Ensure content is properly optimized for competitive search ranking and best practices for user experience.
• Create video content using various tools to deliver trending and breaking news across platforms in real-time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in journalism or related field.
• Expert at using social media platforms, including Facebook, X, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Reddit, and Bluesky.
• Command of concise writing, spelling, grammar, and AP style.
• Good fact-checking and reporting skills.
• Well-organized, detail-oriented, and flexible.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

Living in metro Phoenix or the area and having great familiarity with the city, Arizona as a whole, culture, major events, and top interests is required. The typical shift will start early, but nights and/or weekends may also be required.

Skills

Great digital headline-writing skills are a must. The reporter should be comfortable working with local and national editors and reporters across the USA TODAY Network, and able to seamlessly move between topics important to the city’s neighborhoods.

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