Law and Money Reporter

Law and Money Reporter

ACBJ

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4.0

Birmingham, AL 35205

$50,000 a year

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Job details

$50,000 a year

Birmingham, AL 35205

Full job description

• Define a clear and compelling vision for the look, feel and voice of our products, including a thriving digital news operation, a printed weekly edition, and daily emails.

• Report and write short-form and long-form stories for the website and weekly print edition.

• Own the beat, dictating day-to-day coverage and thriving on digging out source-driven exclusives.

• Relentlessly develop sources and manage relationships with high-level executives and other community leaders.

• Scoop competitors on every story of any significance, not only telling them what happened, but why and how.

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Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

• Desire and ability to break news and to identify newsworthy events and sources

• Strong analytical and investigative-interviewing skills

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively

• Ability to relate comfortably to a wide range of people, in person, on the phone and online

• A clear drive to develop sources and build audience

• Solid understanding of news writing, journalistic ethics and story structure.

• Ability to leverage relationships with sources to deliver content that differentiates the organization from competitors.

• Multimedia skills, including video, photos, broadcast, on-camera, helpful.

• Proficient with MS Office Products

• Proficient with Web-Based Communication Platforms (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.)

Compensation: 50,000