Reporter
- Chicago, IL, United States
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Job details
- Posting language
- English
Original job description
Duties and responsibilities, work schedules and/or location may change based on evolving business needs.
- Own beat, become subject matter expert of assigned coverage area.
- Regular in-person source meetings with both new and current sources.
- Publish daily content, 8-10 articles per week.
- Contribute quick-turn articles and longer enterprise stories.
- Find trends in daily coverage that lead to in-depth reporting, scoops, exclusives and breaking news.
- Attend business events to meet and identify sources.
- Attend all required ACBJ events.
- Take on any other assignment made by manager(s).
- Work cooperatively and collaboratively with all colleagues and sources.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Foundational proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, such as Excel
- Proficiency with social media, AI and other platforms a plus
- Photography skills a plus
- Team player mentality
- Demonstrates ethical journalistic behavior
- Can quickly adapt to change
- Ability to execute under deadline pressure
- Competitive, collaborative, curious
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Skills
- Reporting
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Photography
- Adapt to change