Breaking News/General Assignment Reporter

About the role

A Business Journal reporter is the beating heart of the organization and the business, with the vital task of pumping news, information and life into our products on all platforms. The top mission: to own audience, by every measure, in a tight deadline setting.

Responsibilities

• Establish yourself as the go-to source of news, data and perspective in your assigned area of coverage.
• Serve as the newsroom’s rapid response and all-purpose field reporter.
• Balance speed and accuracy across a wide variety of stories.
• Maintain familiarity with a variety of industries, companies, and newsmakers in the Bay Area.
• Monitor both automated and cultivated human sources to identify breaking news.
• Prioritize what is newsworthy in real time.
• Cross-check facts to ensure accuracy, especially critical during fast-moving situations.
• Distill 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.).

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.).

Skills

• 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.
• 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.).

Benefits

• Bundled health, dental and vision plans.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Multiple Employee Dependent Scholarship Programs.
• Commute Flexible Spending Account.
• Lifestyle Programs (including incentives for healthy habits).
• Medical Infertility Services.
• Corporate discount programs.
• Employee Recognition/Service Awards.

Pay

$70K-$80K

Schedule

Hybrid in the office/market 3 days per week, with flexible days in consultation with your manager.