Reporter

About the role

The Boulder Camera is seeking a reporter to cover the arts and entertainment beat for Boulder County, including serving as the lead reporter for the Sundance Film Festival when it comes to Boulder in January. The role involves covering the people, places, and trends shaping Boulder County’s cultural landscape—from new restaurants to the city’s robust arts scene—and providing leading coverage of Sundance, reporting on films, filmmakers, festival happenings, local impact, and the bigger stories and personalities that accompany the festival. Work will appear in the Boulder Daily Camera, Longmont Times-Call, and, when appropriate, Prairie Mountain Media’s other Colorado publications and digital platforms. Candidates must reside in the greater Boulder/Longmont, CO area, although the position is remote.

Responsibilities

• Understand audience needs and utilize internal metrics to create content optimized for what readers are seeking
• Develop and showcase a unique, strong voice that connects with readers
• Utilize a strong news sense to curate sources and build relationships to break news and generate authoritative coverage of Boulder’s arts and entertainment scene
• Write rich, enterprising features through deep reporting and access that take readers beyond superficial storylines
• Apply a sharp, analytical mind to evaluate situations and go off the beaten track, if need be, to produce stories that stand out from the crowd
• Work on a number of projects at the same time, balancing long-term projects with the need to deliver quick-turn news stories on a regular basis
• Seek out daily stories while chipping away at bigger enterprise stories