Arts, Culture & Events Reporter

CityBeat is looking for a curious plugged-in energetic Arts Culture & Events Reporter to own our coverage of what Cincinnati is watching listening to experiencing and arguing about.

This is the beat for someone who wants to be genuinely embedded in Cincinnatis creative community visual arts theater live music film nightlife festivals museums cultural institutions local personalities and the people shaping the character of our neighborhoods.

You should know whats happening before everyone else does or know exactly who to call to find out.

The job is to break arts and culture news develop original stories build real sources across the region and make CityBeat the first place people go when theyre asking the question that drives our audience: What should I do in Cincinnati

This position reports to the Community Editor and works closely with CityBeats reporters contributors and videographer.

Report and write

• Roughly five reported bylines a week generally with multiple interviews and sources
• Around two short news briefs a day announcements openings and closings artist and venue news event developments and other timely items from the beat
• CityBeats weekly Things to Do in Cincinnati This Weekend guide
• At least one additional listicle a week on things to see do or experience around the region

Own the beat

• Take charge of CityBeats broader Things to Do in Cincinnati coverage identifying new guide ideas seasonal opportunities and evergreen topics that deserve coverage or an update
• Break news about Cincinnatis arts and cultural community: venue openings and closures leadership changes cancellations major announcements controversies and everything else that moves
• Develop and maintain sources across the arts entertainment and cultural communities
• Cover visual arts theater music film nightlife festivals museums cultural institutions local personalities and neighborhood culture

Show up

• Attend concerts performances gallery openings festivals and press events throughout the region when the coverage calls for it. This beat happens at night and on weekends and it happens in person.

• Experience reporting on arts culture entertainment lifestyle or community topics professional freelance or collegiate
• Strong writing interviewing and storytelling skills particularly the ability to capture scene voice and atmosphere
• Familiarity with Cincinnatis creative community or a deep curiosity to dive in fast
• The ability to balance quick-turn daily work with longer-form enterprise reporting
• Comfort working across platforms digital social and print
• Strong collaboration communication and deadline management
• Flexibility for event-based coverage outside regular business hours
• Sound news judgment and the ability to produce fast thorough accurate reporting with minimal supervision
• Reliable transportation

• Full benefits package medical dental vision and life
• PTO and paid holidays
• All the equipment you need to do your job
• Editorial support and a newsroom that will help you get better
• A real beat with real ownership this is your territory not a rotation
• 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.

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