Reporter

OSU Rec Sports - Sport. Leadership. Wellness.•Corvallis, OR

11d•Onsite

About The Position

This recruitment will be used to fill up to 20 part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week) Reporters for the Orange Media Network at Oregon State University (OSU). The Reporter is responsible for pitching, researching, and writing/creating multimedia stories for The Daily Barometer, Beaver’s Digest, or DAMchic, including print and online, as required by the editor-in-chief of the publications.

Requirements

Must be academically enrolled in a high school, community college, or university and pursuing a program or course of study
Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment
Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard
High School student: Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home-schooling program
Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate student: 6 credit hours per term
Undergraduate international student: 12 credit hours per term
Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School: 5 credit hours per term
Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School: 9 credit hours per term
Is knowledgeable of or willing to learn news gathering and fact checking strategies
Willing to learn AP style and work within the SPJ Code of Ethics
Able to work flexible hours including nights, weekends and academic breaks
Able to meet deadlines
Is a strong writer, communicator and comfortable with public speaking
Is organized and reliable
Is experienced with giving and receiving feedback
Able to remain professional and calm when working with difficult individuals and situations
Must complete all elements of onboarding curriculum

Nice To Haves

Indication of desired start medium (news, lifestyle, sports, fashion)

Responsibilities

Pitches, accepts as assigned and develops story ideas that have news value for the OSU community.
Conducts research and necessary interviews to produce full stories with relevant sources of at least 400 words.
Remains objective and provides fair and accurate coverage.
Pursues news in a timely fashion.
Cover breaking news as needed.
Suggests photo and/or video coverage to enhance story presentation online.
Shares stories on social media to reach audience.
Attends all staff and team meetings as required by editor(s)-in-chief.
Participates in readouts with editors to make any necessary revisions in style or content.
Able to act as mentors to new hires.
Respond to emails, messages, team chats and phone calls the same day, professionally representing OMN.
Ensuring you are using, checking and responding to project management platform (Basecamp, Discord, etc.).
Proactively communicates work status with editor(s).
Notify adviser immediately should any ethical, legal, personnel or controversial problems occur.
Follow all OMN policies and procedures including professionalism and deadlines.
Ensure designs and content are centered on equitable representation and inclusion, with attention to impact on historically underrepresented and marginalized communities and constituencies.