Arts & Culture Reporter

Covington, OH - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 40000 - 45000

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

CityBeat is looking for anArts & Culture Reporterto help us cover the people places and creative forces shaping the Cincinnati regions cultural landscape. This role tells the stories that bring our community to life - arts theater food nightlife subcultures and community identity.

Salary: $40000-$45000 per year plus benefits

What We Expect from You:

Report and write timely compelling stories on arts culture entertainment and community life in the Cincinnati metro with emphasis on the urban core. Two briefs and one byline are expected daily along with longer-form print stories as assigned.
Identify and pursue enterprise stories exploring deeper cultural trends creative movements and the people shaping the region.
Cover a wide variety of beats including theater music restaurants/bars festivals nightlife public art local makers and emerging cultural scenes.
Develop deep community relationships with artists venues cultural leaders performers organizers and neighborhood stakeholders.
Break news on cultural developmentsopenings closings controversies announcements and creative milestones.
Contribute to multimedia storytelling through video audio/podcasts social content and strong visuals in partnership with the digital team.
Collaborate closely with editors to plan coverage pitch creative ideas and ensure representation of diverse voices and communities.
Attend and cover events including some evenings and weekends (gallery openings concerts festivals community gatherings).
Use audience analytics to shape coverage that resonates and grows engagement.

Skills We Need You to Have:

Experience reporting on arts culture entertainment lifestyle or community topics (professional freelance or collegiate).
Strong writing interviewing and storytelling skillsespecially capturing scene voice and atmosphere.
Familiarity with the Cincinnati creative community or deep curiosity to dive in.
Ability to balance quick-turn daily content with longer-form enterprise work.
Comfort working across platformsdigital social and print.
Strong collaboration communication and deadline management.
Flexibility for event-based coverage outside regular business hours.

What You Can Expect from Us:

Full benefits package - medical dental vision and life
PTO and paid holidays
All the equipment you need to do your job
Training and support on CityBeats internal style and our culture
A giant newsroom full of tiny desks in beautiful downtown Covington KY

Youll Need to Share Our Mission and Uphold Our Guiding Principles

Mission: LINK Media (CityBeats parent company) strengthens vibrant communities through independent sustainable local journalism.

Guiding Principles:

We are:

Solutions-Focused: We dont just report the news of the day. We dig deeper informing our audience about how our community might solve its biggest issues.

Unapologetic Community Fans: We believe in this communityin what it is today and what it has the potential to become. We want to see this community advance and we understand the part that we play in that advancement.

Inclusive: We explore the issues that affect all of our readers and give a voice to all segments of our diverse community.

Good Stewards: It is our responsibility to make good use of our resources and to maintain a sustainable business model so that we may serve the community long into the future.

Independent: The publication does not make endorsements and has a commitment to fact-based reporting about the issues that are facing our addition to our reporting outside opinions from multiple viewpoints will be sought and clearly marked as such in order to provide the robust debate that our community needs to make critical decisions about our collective future.

Required Experience:

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CityBeat is looking for anArts & Culture Reporterto help us cover the people places and creative forces shaping the Cincinnati regions cultural landscape. This role tells the stories that bring our community to life - arts theater food nightlife subcultures and community identity.Salary: $40000-$450...