The Towns Reporter will cover stories and breaking news in the towns of Southampton, East Hampton and Shelter Island by cultivating sources to help build diverse audiences – working closely with editors to monitor metrics and applying the data to help inform coverage as we serve our loyal subscribers, seek new subscribers and strive to better understand key audiences and topics.
Essential Duties & Functions
- Find enterprise stories and report on daily and breaking news in relation to the assignment/beat.
- Use social media to find sources and stories to supplement our reporting and to communicate about the topic areas they cover.
- Collaborate with our teams, including NewsdayTV, on alternative and visual storytelling.
Essential Job Knowledge & Skills
- Experience covering breaking news on deadline is a plus.
- Experience covering topics such as government, education, aviation and the environment is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to break news, file quickly and accurately for all our platforms, meet tight deadlines, juggle more than one story at a time, cultivate sources, understand the importance of data-driven reporting and produce high-profile enterprise stories.
- Experience with public processes and filing for government records through the Freedom of Information Law.
- A self-starter who can bring a creative approach to covering the news.
- Comfortable appearing on NewsdayTV and proficient using social media, smartphone photo and video and other media platforms to report and tell stories.
- Ability to write in an engaging manner is essential.
- Attention to detail is required.
- Ability and willingness to collaborate and build a rapport with others.
- Ability to find fresh story angles and write concise, lively copy in keeping with Newsday's tone and format.
- Proficiency shooting iPhone photos and videos is a necessary skill.
- Strong organization and time management skills.
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple assignments simultaneously while meeting aggressive deadlines.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
- Ability to work a flexible and varied schedule to include weekends, holidays and extended hours as needed to support business needs.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to travel throughout Long Island as related to the assignment being covered.
- Driver’s license in good standing and reliable means of transportation are required.
- This is a hybrid position. Employees are generally required to work in the office and/or the field a minimum of three (3) days per week.
COMPENSATION
- The salary range for this position is $33.18 to $54.44, commensurate with experience.
- This position is represented by the Graphics Communication Conference, PPPWU.
Top Skills
What We Do
Newsday Media Group (NMG) is one of the nation’s most dynamic media organizations, serving Long Island and New York City through its portfolio of mobile and digital products, print publications and live events. With 19 Pulitzer Prizes and other esteemed awards for outstanding journalism, our mission and vision is to engage consumers and businesses by connecting them to the communities in which they live, work and play.
NMG properties include the award-winning Newsday, Newsday.com; Newsday Connect, the digital solutions company serving Long Island business owners; and Newsday Local Publishing, one of the Northeast's largest groups of weekly shopper publications.
