Outdoors Digital Engagement Reporter

About the Role

This position requires an experienced reporter who is capable of reporting daily news and feature stories in an authoritative and conversational manner that connects with audiences. KQED reporters are expected to produce journalism across all platforms, including audio and text, as well as social and other media. Reporters must be proficient at spots, features, cut-and-copy, voicers and live on-air debriefings for broadcast and must be equally proficient at writing text stories and producing other online news content. Reporters are expected to produce content for relevant platforms, such as video, email newsletters and apps. Reporters at KQED are also expected to contribute to news planning, staying atop daily local and national news through multiple sources. A KQED Reporter must also be capable of working across a number of different departments, with colleagues of varying experience levels, and complete their work under deadline pressure.

Responsibilities

• Research, write and report news stories for radio, podcast, broadcast, the web, mobile and social media platforms
• Report and produce stories both from inside the newsroom and in the field
• Assist Editors and KQED News team in developing coverage strategies and daily assignments
• Write 3-5 text stories for KQED.org every week – including same-day stories and explanatory guides – on the topic of the outdoors
• Cover story topics including weather alerts, hiking trail guides, the latest updates in conservation and environmentalism, and travel within the immediate and wider Bay Area
• Use various tools to discover and gauge audience interests and curiosity – including web analytics, SEO, social media listening and other audience insights – to distinguish the balance between trending topics and community needs on stories relating to the outdoors
• Navigate social media and digital platforms professionally
• Collaborate with other digital journalists and engagement specialists to produce ongoing outdoors-related coverage as well as special projects
• Produce multimedia and multi-platform reporting
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Professional experience as broadcast, print and/or online journalist, including news reporting, editing and production
• Excellent reporting skills
• Excellent news writing skills; the ability to write quickly and accurately, with an understanding of tone and style across platforms
• Proficiency using correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and pronunciation
• Ability to accurately communicate facts and verify information
• Excellent news judgment
• Good editing skills
• Strong time management skills
• Thorough command of journalistic principles, ethics and standards
• Strong command of sound editing and radio production techniques
• Experience with web, mobile and social media platform editing and publishing
• High proficiency of on-air voicing skills
• Ability to interview and communicate with a variety of individuals
• Ability to research and communicate through a variety of mobile and digital tools
• Ability to meet deadlines and goals while working under pressure
• Proven collaboration skills — essential in working with fellow KQED staffers across departments and with partner organizations
• Ability to stay organized and prioritize tasks when working on multiple projects at once
• Comfortable working across departments with colleagues of varying experience levels
• Working familiarity with digital media tools for audio and video editing

Pay

Hourly: $44.71 to $54.60

Schedule

Full time. This role will work hybrid between working in KQED's headquarters and working remotely.