Local Reporter

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🎸 Tennessee – Remote

🎸 Tennessee – Remote

💵 $82.7k - $100k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📰 Journalist

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The New York Times

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1851

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

📱 Media

Consulting • Marketing • Media

The New York Times is an American news organization that produces national and international journalism across print and digital platforms. It publishes reporting, analysis, opinion, podcasts, newsletters, videos, games and other multimedia content, and operates related properties such as Wirecutter and The Athletic. The company is primarily subscription-supported and focuses on investigative reporting, breaking news, culture, business, science and lifestyle coverage for a broad consumer audience.

📋 Description

• Serve as host or contributor to The Local: Nashville • Help readers understand local forces driving change and connect them to their community and the news • Introduce audiences to interesting characters and places • Moderate and drive conversation • Curate locally relevant content from a wide range of sources • Build relationships with readers through callouts, social media and in-person events • Work with colleagues to shape the tone, structure and content of The Local: Nashville • Select topics of focus, conduct original reporting and incorporate items from others on the team • Monitor local media, including influencers, and showcase the region’s best journalism • Partner with local outlets on coverage and initiatives when appropriate • Collaborate with The Local staff in other cities and New York • Experiment with Q&As, features, data stories, explainers and visual presentations • Connect with readers and build community online and in person • Shape and maintain The Local’s social-platform presence • Monitor how news organizations and brands engage communities and build fandom • Develop engagement goals, track progress and use data to inform innovation and experiments • Represent The Local at community/media events and help plan and run company events • Demonstrate support for journalistic independence and The New York Times’ mission • Report to the Deputy Editorial Director, Newsletters

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years' experience working in digital storytelling • Demonstrated superb news judgment, audience-first thinking and experience across breaking news, features, analysis and enterprise • Prior work in newsletters and social media, and a love for/commitment to both • Comfort with analytics tools to yield actionable insights • Facility with a variety of storytelling forms, including data-visualization and video • Track record showing initiative and landing digital media projects • Deeply rooted in Nashville with significant experience covering the area • Resume, cover letter and about six work samples of any format • Experience as a host of a podcast, newsletter, video series or live events is a plus • Experience in video, audio and data-journalism are a plus • Demonstrated commitment to integrity, independence and accuracy • Collaborative spirit, willingness to experiment and a sense of humor • Deep connections to Nashville, and sources in a variety of areas • Omnivorous interests and ability to communicate conversationally

🏖️ Benefits

• Variable pay, such as an annual bonus • Restricted stock • Medical benefits • Dental benefits • Vision benefits • Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s) • Company-matching 401(k) plan • Employee stock purchase plan • Paid vacation • Paid sick days • Paid parental leave • Tuition reimbursement • Professional development programs