Company: Southern California Public Radio
Job Title: Reporter I, Politics
Job #: 194-12
Description:
The Reporter I is based in Los Angeles and will be responsible for daily coverage of the politics beat. The Reporter will research, report, write and file on-air and online reports for newscasts and talk shows. S/he will also provide material for station's digital news service and assist with the development of online reporting projects. The Reporter will contribute story ideas and assist in fine-tuning others' ideas as well as being a resource to other News staff and editors.
Position Responsibility:
• Cover politics beat
• Pitch, report and produce daily and breaking news stories and feature stories.
• Deliver substantive reports on varied subjects on a tight deadline
• Provide high quality “live” reports with newscasts and talk show and host 2-ways
• Assemble, edit and mix stories for air
• Work with news editors to generate ideas.
• Assist other reporters, producers and editors with information.
• Assist in special programming.
• Operate production and studio equipment and facilities.
• Work with editors, reporters and operations staff to coordinate content.
• Establish priorities and goals for beat.
• Cultivate sources; Participate with PIJ involvement, if applicable
• Produces for website with writing and photography (supplying additional audio, visual material, related Web resources)
• Other duties as assigned
Required Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Three years or more professional radio journalism experience.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
• Demonstrated radio reporting, digital news and production skills.
• Strong writing and reporting skills.
• Professional on-air delivery.
• Ability to perform a variety of assignments well and completely.
• Commitment to learn and enact best journalism practices.
• Experience in or familiarity with public radio news.
• Ability to use sound, when available, to create scenes that engage the listener and convey the emotion of the story
• Ability to consistently produce timely and substantive reports on a tight deadline.
• General and developing knowledge of beat
• Fully competent in use of recording and production equipment
• Ability to work simultaneously on short and long-term projects
• Ability to deliver stories with fully developed on-air style and originality in writing
• Compelling story teller
• Ability to deliver analytical reporting
• Capacity to report complex stories quickly - quick turnaround
• Ability to develop stories with multiple interviews, scene changes, and strong knowledge of subject matter
• Ability to deliver stories authoritatively, competently
Preferred Skills and Experience
• Fluency in Spanish preferred. Fluency in other languages desirable.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions:
• May travel at times
• Must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without reasonable accommodation
• Physical Demands:
o Required to move about in an office environment and sit for extended periods of time
o Required to move about in the community
o Frequent use of hands for data entry/keystrokes and simple grasping.
• Working Conditions:
o Moderate noise level
o Occasional exposure to prevalent weather conditions.
Internal and External Applicants:
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