North Texas Reporter Chron
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North Texas Reporter Chron
Chron is seeking a North Texas Reporter with sharp editorial skills and experience working for a digitalfirst newsroom. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding and appreciation for North Texas and the Panhandle regiona coverage area stretching from the DallasFort Worth metro to Midland Lubbock Amarillo and south Oklahoma. They have experience covering news and trending stories in the area and importantly know how to find and tell a good story while working independently. In a world of trending news ideal candidates can quickly envision a fresh take on North Texas that no one else has and that Chrons audience wants. Candidates will understand how to tell stories that matter to the people who live in North Texas and to those located elsewhere throughout Texas and beyond its borders; they will embrace the chance to write wellreported stories with voice; and they will be able to toggle between writing fastpaced daily news stories and wellsourced features on interesting personalities places and trends that highlight what makes North Texas unique for readers in Houston and across the state. Candidates must be based in the DallasFort Worth metro area.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Excellent news judgement and news writing skills
- Excellent reporting researching and interviewing skills
- Familiarity with the people issues and culture that are reshaping North Texas
- High metabolism for turning out mustread stories every day
- Familiarity with national digital media landscape
- Familiarity with content management systems
- Strong copyediting skills and knowledge of AP Style
Competencies/Critical Skills:
- Find unique angles on North Texas craft news and culture pieces that draw statewide attention
- Quickly cover newsworthymoments as they happen to capitalize on social and search traffic
- Juggle responsibilities including reporting and writing multiple pieces daily across different topics
- Balance daily weekly and longerlead deadlines working with editor to establish your beat
Describe the most challenging aspect of this position:
- Discovering unique stories about Houston and Texas that reflect regional knowledge & curiosity
- Working with an editor to craft stories and franchises exciting to readers inside and outside of Texas
- Covering a wide variety of topics from news and weather to Texas culture and local drama
What type of decisions does this position refer to others for approval
- Development of long form features franchises and projects
Measures of success for this position include:
- Overall traffic performance in aims of meeting daily and monthly goals
- Proven success establishing a new area of coverage for Chrons audience
- Meeting deadlines and keeping pace with publishing schedule while improving work quality
- Mentions links shares and pickups of stories from prominent thirdparty publications
- Reader shares and other engagement with stories on social media platforms
- Overall increase of unique inDMA visitors and loyal inDMA visitors
Experience Qualifications Technical Requirements and Education
- Education: Bachelors degree in journalism communications or English
- Experience: At least 3 years of news reporting experience specifically covering North Texas
- Knowledge: Familiarity with key personalities and events in North Texas; a deep connection to the culture of the area is highly preferred.
- Technical Skills: Experience using analytics tools such as Chartbeat Google Analytics or Looker is preferred.
- Publishing Platforms: Proficiency in using a CMS and publishing to digital platforms is preferred.
Chronis an essential digitalfirst local news source serving more than 6 million unique readers a month in Houston and the surrounding region including Galveston and the Gulf Coast. Once the digital home for the Houston Chronicle Chron became its own distinctive site and newsroom in 2012 whenHoustonChronicle.comlaunched. Focusing on stories that capture local culture and spark conversation Chron covers trending sports food and entertainment travel local TV personalities real estate space and more.Chron.comhas become the goto destination for metro and regional readers who are curious about whats new in Houston and whats affecting culture and life in the Bayou City.
About Hearst Newspapers:
With 2500 employees across the nation HNP encompasses a network of 24 daily and 52 weekly publications including the San Francisco Chronicle Houston Chronicle San Antonio ExpressNews and Albany Times Union several top digitalonly news and lifestyle sites marketing services businesses and entertainment businesses such as King Features Syndicate.
At HNP we are investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories growing newsrooms diversifying tools evolving platforms to support the millions of people who trust us each month to help them make decisions take action and be inspired.
Be a part of something bigger your headline awaits.
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Employment Type
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