Description
North Country Public Radio is seeking a creative, ambitious, and talented reporter to join our award-winning, nationally recognized news team. This position is centered in Glens Falls, NY, a growing city with tons of new energy, reporting stories from places across the southern Adirondacks and Champlain Valley, from Ticonderoga to Minerva to North Creek to Lake George. Join a hardworking news team working in a geographically diverse region, from rolling hills and farmland in the St. Lawrence River and Thousand Islands, to the Adirondack Mountains, the Tug Hill Plateau, and Akwesasne Mohawk territory.
Primary Responsibilities include:
General assignment reporter to cover the southern Adirondack region.
Produce news stories for broadcast, digital, and social media platforms that serve the mission of the news department to provide coverage of issues of regional importance.
Establish a “mini-beat” to dig deeper.
Enterprising and self-motivated, able to work on their own, and with a team.
Manage the news team’s community engagement efforts, reaching out and listening to North Country residents to help develop deeper stories at the earliest stages of reporting.
Using the 650-member NCPR Texting Club (based in the Groundsource platform) and other engagement tools, work with the news team to seed story ideas and callouts.
Support other reporters in their callouts and community engagement efforts.
Encouraged to file national stories with NPR and other public media outlets.
Work closely with editors and fellow reporters to produce your best work.
Collaborate with the news team on special projects and investigative journalism.
Approximately 65% of time spent in traditional reporting; 35% spent in community engagement work.
NOTE: This position is based in Glens Falls. This is a remote work position with occasional travel and work time in the main NCPR headquarters station in Canton, N.Y.
NOTE: You must complete the application on St. Lawrence University’s site.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
At least 2 years’ reporting experience, preferably in public radio.
Strong background in journalism for radio and digital platforms
Excellent writing skills for broadcast and web
Ability to work successfully from home/remote office, various hours, including nights and weekends, depending on assignment
Valid Driver’s license and vehicle
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with community engagement journalism and knowledge of tools and best practices.
Experience using the Groundsource text-based platform.
Ability to record and gather high-quality audio in the field
Ability to use audio editing systems, such as Adobe Audition
Expertise in multi-media skills, including photography, visual journalism, data-based reporting, social media engagement, etc.
