Features Reporter Job at Clarity Media Colorado in Colorado Springs

Job Summary :

The Features Reporter is a member of the newsroom and is responsible for writing stories and contributing to gazette.com. the Daily Life sections and the weekly GO! Magazine as part of an award-winning team.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities :

• Write compelling, thoughtful and informative stories centered on arts, health, religion, food, outdoors and more.
• Develop and cultivate key sources that can be used to mine story ideas and improve topical stories.
• Produce clean, accurate and tight copy in a timely fashion.
• Utilize social media to enhance personal brand and improve audience reach for stories.
• Maintain an overall awareness of cultural trends in the region, state and county.
• Participate in annual special sections such as Best of the springs and OTC Summer Guide.
• Collaborate well with photo and video departments on story planning.
• Contribute creative ideas and adopt team approach toward newsroom- and staff-wide projects.

Other Duties :

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Minimum Education & Work Experience Requirements :

Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study with minimum of 2 years of experience. A combination of experience and education may be considered in lieu of degree. Arts / Entertainment and news experience and digital sensibilities.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disability to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must frequently lift and / or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is moderately noisy.