Reporter - Hayward WI
About The Position
Adams MultiMedia Wisconsin is seeking a full-time Reporter for the Sawyer County Review. The Sawyer County Record is looking for a full-time reporter who ideally has some experience. The reporter will cover a bit of everything for the weekly newspaper, including serious news, light features, and personal profiles. We are looking for a smart person with some knowledge of government who could be trained for this job. Applicants should enjoy working with people and possess good interpersonal skills. As a reporter, you will work occasional evenings or weekends, but you will also have opportunities to see things most people don't, meet and interview important people, and enjoy the beauty of the Wisconsin Northwoods. This is a full-time, in-house position with occasional weeknight and weekend assignments.
Requirements
- Flexibility
- Attentiveness to details
- Diplomacy
- Ability to take direction
- Ability to multitask
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Client orientation
- Ability to write and provide clean copy
- Ability to take photos and video
- Strong organizational skills
- Must be able to accept instruction and editing suggestions from editors
- Must be able to work cooperatively with the public
- Perform job duties and conduct self in accordance with company core values
- Initiate and nurture effective, professional relationships with internal and external contacts
- Responsibility to write headlines
- Prior reporting/editing experience preferred
- Demonstrated ability to multitask
- Must have own transportation
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook is helpful
- Ability to use Facebook and Twitter and other social media preferred
- Bachelor's degree in journalism or related field strongly preferred
Nice To Haves
- Some experience
- Some knowledge of government
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Ability to use Facebook and Twitter and other social media
Responsibilities
- Cover serious news, light features, and personal profiles for a weekly newspaper.
- Write and provide clean copy.
- Take photos and video.
- Write headlines.
- Initiate and nurture effective, professional relationships with internal and external contacts.
- Work with different personality types and across a number of publications.
- Work effectively with internal and external contacts as a team member as well as a team leader.
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental and vision insurance
- Company paid disability and term life insurance
- A generous PTO policy with PTO accrual beginning on the first day of employment
- 3 Floating Holidays
- 2 Volunteer Days
- Company paid holidays
- 401(k) plan with discretionary matching
- Access to discounts on a wide variety of products, services, flights, rental vehicles and more
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
