Lee Enterprises is hiring : Sports Reporter in Munster

Overview

The Times of Northwest Indiana, a division of Lee Enterprises, is seeking a curious, driven and enthusiastic sports features writer to join its newsroom. The successful candidate will be passionate about telling stories about people and teams – not just covering athletic events. We’re looking for someone who highlights the people, teams, trends and news that shape the landscape of sports in our three-county region located just south of Chicago. The person must be excited to keep us ahead of the curve with digitally focused components like photo, video and social media packages.

Responsibilities

• Coverage of the high schools in Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties, as well as local colleges and community sports.

About Us / Benefits

The Times of Northwest Indiana is the Hoosier State’s second-largest newspaper and offers an opportunity to work alongside hard-working, award-winning journalists on stories that matter to the community. We’re always looking to enhance our coverage, and the sports features writer will help contribute to that.

Why Join Us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 72 markets in 25 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We respect and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.

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