Breaking News Reporter (UNION)
About The Position
USA TODAY Co., Inc. is a diversified media company with expansive reach at the national and local level dedicated to empowering and enriching communities. We seek to inspire, inform, and connect audiences as a sustainable, growth focused media and digital marketing solutions company. Through our trusted brands, including the USA TODAY NETWORK, comprised of the national publication, USA TODAY, and local media organizations, including our network of local properties, in the United States, and Newsquest, a wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom, we provide essential journalism, local content, and digital experiences to audiences and businesses. We deliver high-quality, trusted content with a commitment to balanced, unbiased journalism, where and when consumers want to engage. Our digital marketing solutions brand, LocaliQ, supports small and medium-sized businesses with innovative digital marketing products and solutions. This reporter will be on top of Breaking News and what’s trending each day, sometimes writing multiple times per day. This person will be expected to be among the newsroom’s top pageview producers. They will create quick videos for almost every story; sometimes producing video-only stories. This reporter will need to have the basic skills of a reporter, knowing how to access public records (such as police records and body cam and surveillance video), build sources, conduct interviews and find and read data. They will need to know how to read analytics, Google Trends, and be active on social channels so they will be aware of what’s happening, what the hot topic is as it’s rising and know what resonates with our audience and what doesn’t. They also will be active in requesting User Generate Content from social channels and other avenues. Knowing and embracing Artificial Intelligence as a tool to improve their reporting duties is a must. They will be asked to localize national and state stories for our audience. They may be asked to work with other reporters and editors to create alternate URLS from existing stories. They will occasionally report in the field and will be a part of the newsroom’s coverage of big, breaking stories, such as hurricanes, and tent-pole events. They may be asked to work Tuesdays through Saturdays.
Requirements
- Basic skills of a reporter
- Ability to access public records (such as police records and body cam and surveillance video)
- Ability to build sources
- Ability to conduct interviews
- Ability to find and read data
- Ability to read analytics
- Knowledge of Google Trends
- Active presence on social channels
- Awareness of trending topics and what resonates with the audience
- Ability to request User Generated Content
- Knowledge and embrace of Artificial Intelligence as a tool for reporting
Responsibilities
- Be on top of Breaking News and what’s trending each day
- Write multiple times per day
- Be among the newsroom’s top pageview producers
- Create quick videos for almost every story
- Produce video-only stories
- Access public records (such as police records and body cam and surveillance video)
- Build sources
- Conduct interviews
- Find and read data
- Read analytics
- Monitor Google Trends
- Be active on social channels to be aware of what’s happening, what the hot topic is as it’s rising and know what resonates with the audience
- Request User Generated Content from social channels and other avenues
- Embrace Artificial Intelligence as a tool to improve reporting duties
- Localize national and state stories for the audience
- Work with other reporters and editors to create alternate URLs from existing stories
- Occasionally report in the field
- Be a part of the newsroom’s coverage of big, breaking stories, such as hurricanes, and tent-pole events
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
