Palo Alto staff writer
Palo Alto staff writer
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The Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online are awardwinning independent providers of news and information serving the Palo Alto community. They are part of Embarcadero Media Foundation a Palo Altobased nonprofit that also publishes seven other websites that produce breaking and community news and lifestyle coverage. The Palo Alto Weekly has a history of innovation and was the first newspaper in the United States to publish its content on the World Wide Web.
We pride ourselves on providing our readers with insightful accurate and unbiased news about our diverse community through daily Express email newsletter and weekly print newspaper.
As a fulltime reporter for the Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online you will be responsible for establishing productive relationships with sources seeking out and pitching stories of interest and importance to our readers and reporting on spot or breaking news in our circulation area. As part of our collaborative newsroom you will cover regional stories that are also published in Embarcadero Medias other Midpeninsula news outlets the Menlo Park Almanac the Mountain View Voice and the Redwood City Pulse.
This position specializes in education and general assignment coverage of the city but will also include opportunities for enterprise reporting.
Reporting on these beats ranges from policylevel analysis to human interest storytelling encompassing issues and social trends in the Palo Alto community and local region. At times your reporting will require investigative effort the filing of Public Records Act requests and persistent behindthescenes interviewing of nonofficial sources in order to gain a full understanding of what is happening.
You will work with your editor to brainstorm and prioritize your assignments each week and come up with ideas for photos and other graphics to accompany your stories. You will occasionally work with the staff visual journalist on special reporting projects.
You will meet deadlines for the papers daily Express newsletter as well as breaking stories to be posted immediately. The scope of your beat is wide. It should often be the case that the reporter takes a national issue or social trend and localizes it and therefore an important requirement is to monitor national publications.
Reporters are expected to seek out and be responsive to reader questions and concerns and provide updates for social media accounts when reporting on breaking news.
In conjunction with traditional reporting the staff writer is expected to actively participate in the departments expansion into online video reporting including interviews and reporter roundtables. You may occasionally participate in forums or other community or foundation events.
The ideal candidate will have a bachelors degree at least two years of professional reporting experience a thorough knowledge of AP Style and excellent communication and organization skills. Fluency in written and spoken Spanish and familiarity with the Palo Alto area is a big plus.
The position includes health and dental benefits vacations paid holidays and access to the organizations 403(b) plan. The pay range is $21$27/hour depending on experience. To apply send a resume cover letter and three news clips to Editor Gennady Sheyner at
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
