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About the Company:
The Baltimore Banner is a nonprofit newsroom founded to bring high-quality local journalism to the Baltimore metro area. We are creating a vibrant, strong, trustworthy, and sustainable news organization, seeking to re-imagine the future of local news. Using a multi-platform news operation, covering a broad range of topics from local government to culture and the arts. We tell stories that reflect the community, connecting neighbors, holding government institutions accountable, and making sense of the world. All this work is grounded in truth. We believe we can contribute to a more vibrant, informed, and whole Baltimore, surrounding counties, and the state of Maryland.
About the role:
The Baltimore Banner is hiring an express reporter to cover breaking and trending news around the Baltimore region.
Our express reporters are some of the most-read journalists at The Banner, who will writeabout the most interesting news of the day quickly and in a conversational tone that engages readers. These reporters should be able to comb social media and the Internet to spot storiesto write daily. They are versatile and able to cover a wide range of topics that incorporate different story formats for a digital audience, from explainers to quick-turn narratives and live stories. The ideal candidates will be quick studies who can write with context and sweep. We want to do more than tell readers what is happening in the news; but also tell them what it means.
The express reporter should thrive in breaking situations, confirming and publishing stories quickly and then updating throughout the day. They should be eager to head out to the sceneor take feeds from other reporters and push a story continuously forward.
Responsibilities:
- Write the stories of the day quickly with accuracy, context and sweep
- Wade through social media, newsletters, and other sources to find the most interesting stories and tidbits of the day
- Write clear, compelling and interesting stories on deadline, but know when a story needs extra time
- Collaborate with reporters across the newsroom
- Pitch quick-turn enterprise ideas for when news is slow
- Develop sources on various beats to turn to on deadline quickly
- Work across social media platforms to connect readers with our content
- Generate new ideas for audience growth
- Represent The Banner in the community as needed -- in person or on television or radio appearances
- Use and understand newsroom analytics to hone and identify the coverage that serves readers
Job Requirements:
- A minimum 2 years of experience within a newsroom or journalistic setting
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong writing skills and ability to quickly make complex topics understandable
- A strong instinct for news
- Digital savvy and a familiarity with audience analytics
- Good sourcing across many subject areas
- Ability to juggle breaking news with strong enterprise stories
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Enthusiasm for news and content that will resonate with readers
Additional Information:
- Clips of your work: Please submit clips of your work relative to this role.
- Schedule: This position follows a Tuesday-Friday and Saturday morning (9 a.m.- 5 p.m.) news coverage schedule and may require evening work. Some schedule flexibility may be needed based on news demands.
- Location: This role is based in Baltimore, MD, with hybrid work options available.
Salary Range: $60,000 - $80,000 Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by several factors including experience, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We periodically review all teammates pay to ensure a great compensation package that is fair and equal across the board.
Our amazing benefits include:
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Retirement savings - 401K plan offered through Human Interest, with a company match
- Student Loan Debt Repayment Assistance for qualified employees
- Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA/HSA., and coverage for family/dependents
- Sick Leave eligible for rollover
- Commuter Benefits
- 11 Paid National Holidays
- Employee Assistance Program
- Generous Parental Leave
- Company paid access to a wellness platform to support mental, financial and physical wellbeing
Our Core Values:
- Do what’s right. Honesty, morality, respect and the mission guide our actions and decisions. By doing the right thing, we inspire others to believe.
- Work together. We collaborate to create something special. Together we challenge assumptions, trust each other, take risks, and foster transparent and direct communication.
- Listen to be heard. Our stories are trustworthy. They are inspired by and created for our readers. Their story is our story. Communities are at the center of our journalism, and everything we do.
- Deliver impactful results. Acting as one accountable team and driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, we deliver bold and innovative results. We act fast, execute and learn. We celebrate great outcomes.
- Be inclusive. We celebrate the uniqueness of each individual and act by curating a culture that leverages diverse perspectives as the key to fulfilling our mission. The Banner is for all of us.
The Venetoulis Institute embraces diversity and inclusion, and we are wholeheartedly committed to being proactive in inspiring a culture of inclusion across our organization. We are dedicated to establishing an organization that reflects the fundamental respect for different ways of working and living, and we assure every employee the opportunity to reach their full potential.
We are dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation due to a disability to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected] to request accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may include, but are not limited to, adjustments in the application process, modifications or assistance regarding job interviews, and accommodations to enable access to our facilities. We appreciate the value that individuals with disabilities bring to our workforce and encourage applicants with disabilities to disclose their needs for accommodation to facilitate a smooth and inclusive recruitment experience.
