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American Public Media - Pasadena, CA
posted 4 days ago
About the position
LAist is looking for a temporary reporter excited to connect educators and caregivers of children ages 0-5 in L.A. County with resources and people working to effect positive change in early childhood. We want to reveal what's working and what's not. You'll join a team of education reporters covering child development and learning from birth to higher education. This a seven-month temporary role with a projected start date of early December 2024 and a projected end date of early July 2025.
Responsibilities
- Report and produce daily and breaking news stories and feature stories on deadline for radio, web, and social media
- Deliver stories with fully developed on-air style and originality in writing
- Develop deep expertise and source lists on the beat
- Monitor local government agendas and attend meetings remotely and in person
- Regularly file public record requests
- Work with data to help find and develop stories
- Report complex stories quickly, producing at least two stories per week
- Contribute to a twice-monthly specialized newsletter as a writer or editor
- Provide live newscast reports and talk shows and host 2-ways
- Participate in special projects including editorial projects and live events
- Propose ideas, and topics for on-air programs
- Operate production and studio equipment
- Use audience engagement as a reporting tool
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- 3 years or more professional journalism experience
- Demonstrated radio reporting, digital news, and production skills
- Proven ability to identify and originate stories, report accurately and quickly, and meet deadlines
- Ability to develop areas of expertise and establish beat priorities and goals
- Demonstrated capacity to use public documents, internet research, and other reporting methods to provide independent material to inform stories
- Strong writing, reporting, and interviewing skills
- Ability to provide live reports and two-ways
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively
- General and developing knowledge of beat
- Ability to tackle difficult projects
- Ability to work simultaneously on short- and long-term projects
- Ability to produce compelling storytelling with originality in writing
- Ability to develop stories with multiple interviews, scene changes, and strong knowledge of subject matter
- Become and remain a member in good standing of SAG-AFTRA by the thirtieth (30th) day of employment
Nice-to-haves
- Experience covering local government
- Demonstrated track record of producing stories that originate from public records requests
- Demonstrated experience working with young children and their parents
- Fluency in Spanish (speaking, especially)
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement
- Opportunity to engage with community and provide resources to parents
- Diverse and inclusive work environment
