Reporter - Investigations-Quick Strike
Reporter - Investigations-Quick Strike
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Job Description
Summary of Position
Newsday is looking for an investigative reporter skilled at reporting and telling stories indepth as part of its quickstrike team. These stories would be reported and written within one to three months. They would be enterprise stories with investigative elements including analysis of public databases on government websites public records from the court system data from FOIL requests and working to include data analysis to breaking news stories. The reporter also would be available to produce indepth stories tied to current events. The candidate should aspire to produce exclusive stories that resonate with readers and viewers are impactful in the community and drive reform.
Essential Duties & Functions
- Demonstrate a record of exploiting public records to produce and execute watchdog and accountability stories.
- Possess excellent writing reporting and newsgathering skills including source cultivation. Must be able to turn stories around quickly.
- Work with the investigations team and editor along with others to juggle project requirements while also being comfortable assisting with shortterm story flow. Experience collaborating with members of a reporting team is required.
- Candidate should be proficient at using spreadsheets and comfortable analyzing datasets possess attention to detail and be highly organized.
- Exhibit an eye for storytelling across multiple platforms especially video and social media.
Essential Job Knowledge and Skills
- At least five years reporting experience required. Datareporting skills preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to break news understand the importance of datadriven reporting and can produce highprofile enterprise stories.
- A selfstarter who can bring a creative approach to storytelling.
- Comfortable and proficient using social media smartphone photo and going oncamera for NewsdayTV.
- Attention to detail required.
- Strong organization and time management skills.
- Ability to prioritize and juggle multiple enterprise stories.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
- Ability to travel throughout the Long Island region as related to the assignment being covered.
- Drivers license in good standing and reliable means of transportation are required.
Physical Requirements
- Employees are generally required to work in the office and/or out in the field a minimum of three 3 days per week.
- Ability to travel throughout Long Island as related to the assignment being covered.
- A drivers license in good standing and reliable means of transportation are required.
- Ability to work a flexible and varied schedule to include weekends holidays and extended hours as needed to support business needs.
Compensation
- The hourly base range for this role is $33.18 to $54.44 commensurate with experience.
- This position is represented by the Graphics Communication Conference PPPWU.
Newsday Media Group is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and incumbents are selected placed trained compensated and promoted without regard to race color religion sex national origin age marital or veteran status or disability or other classifications protected by applicable law. In addition Newsday Media Group provides a reasonable accommodation for applicants/incumbents with disabilities. Please advise Human Resources if you require a reasonable accommodation.
Employment Type
Full-Time
