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Job Description
Join the AmericanStatesman as a public safety reporter covering policing crime court proceedings and major breaking news in the nations 11th largest city!
The Public Safety Reporter will cover public safety including Austin EMS and the Austin Fire Department using data and trends and hold local law enforcement agencies accountable with an eye on equity and quality of life.
The beat should incorporate a broader view of public safety and local government through the lens of people of color and other historically disenfranchised populations in the community.
The reporter will be encouraged to explore stories about how local criminal justice policies affect Black Hispanic Asian American Pacific Islander LGBTQIA and other underserved communities in the Austinarea.
What will you do
- Produce enterprise stories incorporating data and trends and human interest pieces that can foster empathy and understanding within the audience.
- Create content (primarily articles possible spot news video and photos and social media posts) related to community safety that accurately informs entertains and engages key audiences and platforms with metrics.
- The reporter will also contribute daytoday nutsandbolts reporting such as event coverage elections and breaking news and will be asked to assume an urgent digitalfirst mentality.
- The candidate will be expected to collaborate with other reporters in the newsroom including those covering breaking news and trending topics.
- Collaborate with the content team to provide all appropriate elements for stories (i.e. photos videos and graphics).
- The reporter will also use social media and other platforms to build communities and loyalty to the AmericanStatesman.
- Provide thoughtful analysis of complex issues.
- Work toward becoming the communitys leading voice for news and issues.
- Plan and execute engagement opportunities to reach audiences through content community events and social media.
- Work with editor to evaluate whats working and whats not and develop ongoing plans to better satisfy audience needs.
What will it take to be successful
- Bachelors or masters degree in communications journalism marketing or related field preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong ability to balance quickturn stories with longerterm enterprise pieces
- Adept at taking photos and video and will file quickly across platforms: mobile desktop and social media.
- Foundational SEO skills including headline and page title writing and GoogleTrends.
- Strong command of AP style and grammar.
- Strong ability to produce content that is clean accurate and publicationready.
- Passion and enthusiasm about news and content that will work well with audiences on social platforms.
- Comfortable in fluid fastbreaking stressful situations.
- A desire to grow and develop a key beat in our newsroom.
- Comfortable using social media such as Twitter Facebook and Instagram to enhance reporting and promote stories.
- A firm understanding of reporting ethics and sourcing.
- Ability to excel in a fastpaced news environment and understanding the digital first mission.
- Collaborates well with others and can work with a team on the biggest stories.
- Availability to work extended hours including evenings weekends and holidays when the need arises.
About us:
The Austin AmericanStatesman is a division of Hearst Newspapers (HNP).
With 2500 employees across the nation HNP represents a network of 24 daily and 52 weekly publications including the San Francisco Chronicle Houston Chronicle San Antonio ExpressNews and Albany Times Union 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!
Employment Type
Full-Time
