Reporter

American City Business Journals • Honolulu, HI

7h

About The Position

PBN reporters are tasked with consistently producing newsy, engaging daily online stories for a thriving digital news operation, a printed weekly edition, and daily email newsletters. This role involves reporting and writing short-form and long-form stories for the website and weekly print edition. The reporter will own their beat, dictating day-to-day coverage and thriving on digging out source-driven exclusives and breaking news. A key aspect of this role is relentlessly developing sources and managing relationships with high-level executives and other community leaders, aiming to scoop competitors on every story of any significance by not only reporting what happened, but also the why and how.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in journalism
• Desire and ability to break news and to identify newsworthy events and sources
• Strong analytical and investigative-interviewing skills
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Ability to relate comfortably to a wide range of people, in person, on the phone and online
• A clear drive to develop sources and build audience
• Solid understanding of news writing, journalistic ethics and story structure.
• Ability to leverage relationships with sources to deliver content that differentiates the organization from competitors.
• Proficient with MS Office Products
• Proficient with Web-Based Communication Platforms (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• Multimedia skills, including video, photos, broadcast, on-camera, helpful.

Responsibilities

• Produce newsy, engaging daily online stories for a thriving digital news operation, a printed weekly edition, and daily email newsletters.
• Report and write short-form and long-form stories for the website and weekly print edition.
• Own the beat, dictating day-to-day coverage and thriving on digging out source-driven exclusives and breaking news.
• Relentlessly develop sources and manage relationships with high-level executives and other community leaders.
• Scoop competitors on every story of any significance, not only telling them what happened, but why and how.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level