Company name: Omaha World-Herald
Company website: livewellnebraska.com
Company description or mission: The Omaha World-Herald serves a metropolitan area with nearly 1 million people. The newspaper's Sunday circulation is 150,000. The paper's website boasts 15 million page views each month.
Livewellnebraska.com houses the newspaper’s health, fitness, nutrition and sex and relationships content.
Job category: Journalism
Job type: Job
Job hours: Full-time
Compensation: Paid
Position title: Fitness reporter
Position description:
You can try stand-up paddling at Lake Zorinsky, run nationally recognized races and take a fitness class at the Henry Doorly Zoo, named the best in the world by TripAdvisor. You can break a sweat with a CrossFit Games athlete, bike the Wabash Trace Trail during the weekly Taco Ride and de-stress with thousands at Yoga Rocks the Park at Midtown Crossing.
And that’s not the half of it. Omaha has a thriving fitness scene, and the Omaha World-Herald is looking for a reporter to cover it.
The fitness reporter will write race previews, Q&As with health experts and local athletes, enterprise stories, features on inspirational community members, and daily content for livewellnebraska.com, the paper’s health website. The reporter will also post content to social media pages, manage the online event calendar and contribute to the LiveWell magazine, which is distributed with the Omaha World-Herald once a month. Occasionally, you'll assist our two medical reporters with breaking health news.
A successful candidate is an Internet-savvy self-starter who can write clean and engaging copy on deadline, generate fresh story ideas and network with local race directors, personal trainers and health industry experts. The ideal applicant stays up to speed on what’s happening in the fitness industry nationally and around town. Be eager to check out the latest fitness craze and blog about the experience.
More about Omaha: Omaha boasts a strong economy and low cost of living.
You’ll find a thriving music scene and a hotspot for foodies. Like the outdoors? There’s several parks and hiking trails nearby. Sports junkies can get their fix at the College World Series or at the Olympic Swim Trials when they come to town. We’re also down the street from Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, home of the Nebraska Huskers.
Additional Requirements and General Information (education, skills,
transportation): Requirements: One to three years of reporting experience.
Recent grads with strong internships/clips will be considered.
Date posted: March 18, 2015
Job location: Omaha, Nebraska
Application instructions: Deadline to apply: Email your resume, cover letter and three to five clips to livewellnebraska.com editor Katy Glover at katy.glover@owh.com by April 9.
Application deadline: April 9, 2015