Arizona Connect Trending Reporter

The Arizona Republic is looking for an Arizona Connect Trending Reporter to join our service journalism and trendingteam. This reporter will providetimelyand audience-focused coverage in metro Phoenix including its many neighborhoods and surrounding areas. We are looking for a reporter who is quick and flexible full of topic-focused story ideas who can urgently pursue them and write them at volume in varied formats. This reporter should bedeeply curious highly competitive andpossessthe desire to inform digital audiences. The reporter should be comfortable working with local and national editors and reporters across the USA TODAY Network and able to seamlessly move between topics important to the citys neighborhoods. We start with the headline so great digitalheadline-writingskills area must. The reporter will work alongside our Arizona Republic reporters and editors and content strategists to cover high-interest stories help swarm breaking news and plan for major events. This reporter should be comfortable interacting with and listening to social media and other digital communities and being comfortable on camera isamust. They will use data andanalyticsGoogleTrendsand other SEO tools to inform their story choices and presentation on and off our platforms. This reporter must love telling stories quickly when needed in-depth when called for and always with inmetro Phoenixor the area and having great familiarity withthe cityArizona as a wholeculturemajor events and top interests isrequired. The typical shift will start earlybutneeds meaning nights and/or weekends may also berequired. Responsibilities:Monitor emails social media community groupsand other sources to find developing stories across news social and other media platforms for key topics important to Arizona residents and people who work and accurately write stories several per pitch and swiftly produce stories on topics of emerging interest with a focus on what readers want and need to content is properly optimized for competitive search ranking and best practices for user video using an array of tools to deliver trending and breaking news across platforms in :Bachelors or mastersdegree in journalism or related at using social media platforms; including but not limited to Facebook X Instagram Threads TikTok Reddit and Bluesky. Command of concise writing spelling grammar and AP fact-checking and reporting -organized detail-oriented and to multi-task in a fast-paced InstructionsWe are eager to learn more about you and how you fit this role. When you apply dont limit your upload to a resume; show us what youve done. To do so put together a single document file that includes the following in this order: Your resume one to two pages. A cover letter that outlines how you would approach the job. Links to 15-20 online samples of your work. Show us what youve produced or had a hand in that best reflects what you can do in your desired is important that these items be assembled into a single document and uploaded in PDF format. Completing these steps will ensure that your application receives the highest consideration.#Newsgnt#LI-NC1