DIGITAL REPORTER (Reporter 1)

University of Washington•Seattle, WA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join the team amplifying journalism in the Pacific Northwest! KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio seeks a Digital Reporter (Reporter 1) to gather, report, and write timely, accurate, and engaging digital journalism for KUOW’s online platforms. This position plays a key role in daily news coverage and feature reporting that serves audiences across the Puget Sound region. The Digital Reporter works in a fast-paced, digital-first newsroom environment and moves nimbly between assignments, producing stories across topic areas. While this is primarily a general assignment reporting role, candidates with beat expertise that strengthens KUOW’s coverage are encouraged to apply. Occasional contributions to KUOW shows and podcasts may be required. KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent, nonprofit news organization producing award-winning journalism, podcasts, and events in service to the 3.9 million people in our coverage area. As a self-sustaining service of the University of Washington, our mission is to create and serve a more informed public by broadening conversations and deepening understanding. JOB SUCCESS SUMMARY Success as a Digital Reporter requires the ability to report accurately and efficiently on deadline while upholding KUOW’s commitment to journalistic excellence and integrity. The ideal candidate is versatile and enterprising -- they can monitor developing news and trending topics to identify, pitch, and report stories with strong local relevance. The person in this role has strong writing skills and can digitally optimize their work for readability, engagement, and impact. The Digital Reporter must also be comfortable with using web content management systems, self-editing, collaborating across the newsroom, and making occasional radio appearances. The Digital Reporter has a passion to create and serve a more informed public and consistently exercises a strong commitment to sourcing from a diverse range of voices and perspectives that reflect the diversity of the Puget Sound region.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and two years of professional broadcast journalism experience including specific position requirements relating to news writing, radio production and audio editing.
Experience in preparing stories for online presentation, including pitching, reporting, writing, photo selection, and working with a content management system.
Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.
Knowledge of the Puget Sound region and stories that resonate with a local audience.
Knowledge of Digital story optimization and audience engagement techniques.
Knowledge of Content management systems.
Knowledge of Journalism ethics.
Ability to Generate daily, breaking, and enterprise stories with impact.
Ability to Meet deadlines and check facts.
Ability to Manage several projects concurrently.
Ability to Work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to Connect with racially diverse communities in our region.
Ability to Take and apply feedback from editors.

Responsibilities

Identify, pitch, and report multimedia daily and feature stories for kuow.org, social media, and occasionally for KUOW shows and podcasts.
Meet tight deadlines for timely publication.
Monitor and help with breaking news coverage.
Help write headlines, story summaries, and captions that engage online audiences.
Identify and produce multimedia story elements like photos, videos, and simple graphics.
Collaborate with other reporters, editors, producers, and others across the content department to prepare digital stories.
Use inclusive story sourcing practices that reflect diverse voices and perspectives.
Capture source’s demographic data to help KUOW meet its source diversity goals.
Support internal station initiatives.
Participate in professional trainings as required by the station or the University of Washington.
Represent the station at KUOW events or community conversations.
Participate in special coverage, projects or series as a reporter, host, or both.