Business and Growth Beat Reporter
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About The Position
WHRO Public Media is looking for a Business & Growth Reporter to join our dynamic newsroom in Hampton Roads. This is not your typical business beat. We're seeking a journalist who can connect the dots between economics and everyday life-someone who sees business news not as numbers and stock quotes, but as stories of people, place and progress. The Business & Growth Reporter will cover how the region's economy shapes the way people live, work, move and grow. This includes exploring Hampton Roads' evolving industries, housing trends, transportation systems, local entrepreneurship and the ripple effects of major business developments. You'll tell human-centered stories that make the abstract tangible, like what can make our transportation systems better? What's impacting the region's neighborhoods and housing? And in a general sense that this reporter will clearly define through their reporting, how does the economy, innovation and technology impact topics like housing, transportation, workforce trends, development and economic development? In this position, you'll be expected to research, pitch, report and produce impactful local journalism for publication on WHRO's broadcast and digital platforms. You'll file daily and long-form stories for multiple platforms, contextualizing and humanizing your reporting with a focus on equity and representation across all communities in the region. As part of WHRO's collaborative newsroom, you'll work closely with editors, hosts and fellow reporters to align editorial priorities, contribute to enterprise projects and investigations and uphold our values of accuracy, independence and fairness. You'll also engage with the Hampton Roads community to build trust, source stories and ensure your work reflects the real lives and concerns of the people who live here. All beat reporters will be expected to produce several daily stories a week and regular enterprise stories. They may also collaborate with WHRO's Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO to bring Hampton Roads story to a larger statewide audience with more reporting and sources.
