Local Sports Reporter-Omaha, NE

Lee Enterprises•Omaha, NE

23h•Onsite

About The Position

The Omaha World-Herald seeks an ambitious, versatile, energetic journalist to join our award-winning team covering our robust sports scene in a major metro area. OWH Sports, annually recognized by APSE as one of the nation’s top sports sections, has a role that includes blending coverage of preps — especially volleyball and basketball — and strong, timely stories on the best college and pro sports stories in town. Omaha loves its sports and has the College World Series, two pro volleyball teams, a Triple-A baseball team, a USL men’s soccer team — with a women’s team likely on the way — college hockey in the NCAA’s toughest league, and more. We seek a writer who can balance structure on the preps side with the opportunity to stretch your wings to pursue and report fun features that go beyond the field of play and pivot toward teams that are having big, exciting seasons.

Requirements

At least three years of relevant experience writing, reporting and source-building in sports (or motivated, talented college graduates)
Comfort talking in front of a microphone or camera in various capacities
Adaptability and versatility for feature stories
Comfort working with digital audience metrics
An upbeat approach to growing The World-Herald’s reach and strengthening its engagement with subscribers
A relentless desire to innovate, experiment, and help chart the newsroom’s next phase of digital growth

Nice To Haves

New, motivated, talented college graduates

Responsibilities

Covering preps, especially volleyball and basketball
Writing strong, timely stories on college and pro sports
Pursuing and reporting fun features that go beyond the field of play
Pivoting toward teams that are having big, exciting seasons
Working with digital audience metrics
Growing The World-Herald’s reach and strengthening its engagement with subscribers
Innovating, experimenting, and helping chart the newsroom’s next phase of digital growth