News Reporter - General Assignment

Lee Enterprises•Tulsa, OK

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Tulsa World, a Lee Enterprises company, seeks a full-time, digitally savvy general assignment reporter to cover daily news — breaking news, public safety, police, etc. — in Tulsa and surrounding areas in northeastern Oklahoma. An understanding of digital storytelling, audience engagement, content management systems (CMS), social media and SEO content writing is necessary. Among key responsibilities for the position: Build trusted relationships with sources and communities. Use digital trends, interviews, data, social media and original research to create daily cross-platform news content Green Country audiences care about (investigations, data journalism). Take photos and video for print and web. Work with colleagues on packages (stories, photos, video, social media, digital production). Report beyond institutional voices. Manage time to juggle responsibilities. Write clean, clear and accurate copy. This Tulsa-based journalist position is hybrid and includes some night, weekend and holiday work, but we work with our reporters to make their schedules as flexible as possible. Why Join Us? Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents. Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 72 markets in 25 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve. Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net. We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.

Requirements

An understanding of digital storytelling
Audience engagement
Content management systems (CMS)
Social media
SEO content writing

Responsibilities

Build trusted relationships with sources and communities.
Use digital trends, interviews, data, social media and original research to create daily cross-platform news content Green Country audiences care about (investigations, data journalism).
Take photos and video for print and web.
Work with colleagues on packages (stories, photos, video, social media, digital production).
Report beyond institutional voices.
Manage time to juggle responsibilities.
Write clean, clear and accurate copy.