Sports Reporter-Rapid City, SD

Lee Enterprises•Rapid City, SD

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Rapid City Journal, South Dakota’s largest newspaper, is looking for a curious, dogged multimedia sports reporter to join our collaborative team in a competitive media market. The sports beat in Rapid City includes coverage of high school sports fall through spring in Rapid City, a metro of about 150,000 people with three public schools and two private schools, along with other schools in the Black Hills area. The sports department also covers American Legion baseball during the summer and a handful of rodeos throughout the year, along with a minor league hockey team and two Division II colleges when time allows. The position is part of an upbeat, award-winning newsroom and offers the opportunity to produce content for print and online on a wide variety of topics at a paper that values enterprise and watchdog reporting as well as narrative storytelling. The role includes producing photos and short videos for most stories. The Journal newsroom, located in the heart of downtown Rapid City, is made up of great journalists who work hard and enjoy working together to tell the stories of the people, places and events happening in the Black Hills.

Requirements

Writing samples with application.

Nice To Haves

A bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

Coverage of high school sports fall through spring in Rapid City and surrounding schools.
Coverage of American Legion baseball during the summer.
Coverage of rodeos throughout the year.
Coverage of a minor league hockey team.
Coverage of two Division II colleges.
Produce content for print and online.
Produce photos and short videos for most stories.