Niagara Dailies One-Year Reporter Journalism Internship (Temp Full-time)

Torstar•Toronto, ON

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Niagara Dailies – The St. Catharine Standard, Niagara Falls Review and Welland Tribune – are offering a one-year reporter internship in their digital-first newsroom. This 12-month contract is designed to be a launchpad for your career, immersing you in a real-world newsroom and providing you with meaningful hands-on reporting experience to build your portfolio. The Niagara papers are a hybrid work environment – working from home and in the community. Reporters would be expected to live in or near the community to travel to assignments.

Requirements

Must be a current or graduating post-secondary student who is eligible to work in Ontario.
Must be able to work full-time hours, which may include weekend, evening and statutory holiday shifts, for the entire program.
Must have access to reliable personal transportation.
Overflowing with curiosity and able to pitch compelling, original stories that can be told in traditional and non-traditional ways.
Passionate about local news and well-versed in Canadian Press Style.
Motivated, organized and able to juggle multiple deadlines effectively.
Skilled with social media tools and digital storytelling formats.
Able to build professional relationships easily with colleagues and community members.
Capable of working effectively in a hybrid environment – collaborating remotely and travelling within the community for assignments.
Able to produce high-quality, trustworthy journalism using excellent reporting and researching skills, including data analysis.
Able to produce engaging multi-media content for website and social media outlets, including photo, video and audio posts.
Data-informed: You can use audience insights to produce well-read, engaging stories.

Nice To Haves

Three published examples of hard news or feature reporting journalism (links must be accessible, no paywalls; clips from campus newspapers or independent/community outlets are welcome but blog posts, opinion pieces or academic essays are not).
Application should demonstrate the energy and passion for local news that makes you a good fit for Niagara Falls Review.

Responsibilities

Work directly with editors and full-time staff to produce original, high-quality, trustworthy journalism for our communities.
Provide boots-on-the-ground coverage of the community by attending events, breaking news and conducting interviews in person.
Participate in our established training program to develop your reporting and research abilities in a supportive environment.
Attend virtual and in-person team meetings and actively contribute to content planning discussions.
Use your news judgment to translate complex information into digestible stories that matter to our readers.
Monitor social media and community networks to identify breaking news and trending local stories.
Produce engaging multi-media content for website and social media outlets, including photo, video and audio posts.
Jump into breaking and live news, pitch daily stories and tackle general assignments from desks across the newsroom.