Backpack Journalist

🕒 September 15

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

💵 $64.9k - $84.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📰 Journalist

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Connect for Health Colorado

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2011

🏥 Healthcare

🛡️ Insurance

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare • Insurance • Healthcare Insurance

Connect for Health Colorado is the official health insurance marketplace for the state of Colorado, offering residents the opportunity to purchase private health insurance plans. The organization operates an open enrollment period from November 1 to January 15, allowing most Coloradans to sign up for health coverage for the following year. Connect for Health Colorado provides a platform to compare healthcare plans, estimate savings, and determine eligibility for financial assistance through Premium Tax Credits. It also offers resources for special enrollment groups, including young adults, Native Americans, and immigrant families, as well as options for small business owners. The marketplace aims to assist consumers in navigating their health insurance options and accessing necessary coverage with potential financial help to lower monthly premiums.

📋 Description

• Research, identify, pitch, and develop original story ideas advancing Connect for Health Colorado’s mission and communications strategy • Manage multimedia assignments from concept through publication, including research, planning, interviewing, field reporting, writing, recording, editing, fact-checking, and distribution • Conduct interviews with customers, community members, Brokers, Assisters, health care professionals, leaders, policymakers, experts, and other stakeholders • Capture professional-quality video, photography, interviews, voiceovers, and natural sound using portable production equipment • Write and edit scripts, articles, profiles, captions, video descriptions, social media copy, and other editorial content • Edit video, photography, and audio using professional desktop or mobile software • Produce and publish content for the website, social media, email, presentations, partner networks, media outreach, and internal communications • Repurpose long-form stories into short-form videos, social clips, photographs, written profiles, audio segments, and reusable content assets • Translate health insurance concepts, policy developments, enrollment information, and organizational initiatives into clear, accurate stories • Follow journalistic and organizational standards for accuracy, fairness, transparency, attribution, corrections, privacy, consent, and conflicts of interest • Secure releases, permissions, and consent before recording or publishing • Coordinate with Legal, Policy, Compliance, Communications, and other teams on sensitive, regulated, confidential, or changing information • Apply accessibility standards, including captions, transcripts, alternative text, readable graphics, and plain language • Travel throughout Colorado to document customer and community experiences, partner initiatives, enrollment activities, public events, and issues affecting health coverage • Report to the Senior Manager, Marketing

🎯 Requirements

• Colorado resident • Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, digital media, film, broadcasting, multimedia production, or a related field; equivalent professional experience and a strong multimedia portfolio may be considered • Online reel or resume tape demonstrating work samples • Five or more years of professional experience in journalism, multimedia storytelling, documentary production, digital communications, video production, or a related field • Experience independently producing stories from initial concept through final publication • Professional portfolio demonstrating reporting, interviewing, writing, videography, photography, audio recording, and editing capabilities • Strong news judgment • Excellent writing, editing, interviewing, fact-checking, and verbal communication skills • Ability to communicate complex policy, regulatory, technical, or health insurance information clearly and accessibly • Proficiency operating portable digital cameras, smartphones, lenses, tripods, stabilizers, external microphones, audio recorders, headphones, and compact lighting equipment • Experience with professional video and audio editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve • Experience with photography and graphic-production tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, or Canva • Ability to capture usable video, audio, and photography under varied field conditions • Ability to manage multiple assignments, schedules, logistics, travel arrangements, equipment needs, deadlines, and stakeholder reviews simultaneously • Ability to travel throughout Colorado to field assignments, with or without reasonable accommodation • Ability to work some non-traditional hours, weekends, and evening events

🏖️ Benefits

• 403(b) plan • Paid time off • Short- and long-term disability insurance • Life insurance • Flexible work schedule • Remote work arrangement

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