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What you will do: We're looking to make a critical addition to our talented local news and enterprise team at the Mercury News. This reporter will cover San Jose, the Bay Area's largest city. You will provide primary coverage for The Mercury News print and online local reports. What happens in San Jose, whether it's Google's plans for a huge campus that would reshape downtown or a first in the... nation requirement that gun owners carry liability What you will do:
We're looking to make a critical addition to our talented local news and enterprise team at the Mercury News. This reporter will cover San Jose, the Bay Area's largest city. You will provide primary coverage for The Mercury News print and online local reports. What happens in San Jose, whether it's Google's plans for a huge campus that would reshape downtown or a first in the... nation requirement that gun owners carry liability insurance - resonates across the country. Our news organization has the ambition and ability to tell the story of San Jose and the region with the impact it warrants. You'll handle a torrent of breaking news in the fascinating, diverse heart of Silicon Valley - from crime and housing to politics and downtown development.
The ideal San Jose beat reporter thrives in a fast-paced setting, and has the energy to jump from one hot story to the next in an intensely competitive news environment. You should be able to work both alone and collaboratively with a rotating cast of reporters and editors. You will work in real time, publishing words, sounds and images individually and in collaboration with colleagues. We serve a savvy, sophisticated audience that includes millions of online readers and hundreds of thousands of people who read our printed newspapers.
What you will bring:
• 4+ years of daily journalism experience, which includes some coverage of breaking news and local/community news. Preferably including at least some coverage of politics, breaking news, business and labor.
• 4-year college degree preferred (journalism or related fields)
• Demonstrated ability to write sharp, clean copy that draws readers in, including nut graphs and online headlines
• The skill to mine human sources, documents and data, including a facility for mining public records
• The ability to juggle multiple stories of varying complexity, from quick news posts under intense deadline pressure to daily news stories and longer-term enterprise or features
• Proficiency at using the web and social media to report stories and to share them
• In our diverse region, fluency in multiple languages is a plus!
This is a fully remote role but must be located in the Bay Area and able to travel for reporting events.
The hourly wage is $27.51-$32.03. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, time in role, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, MediaNews Group offers a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition program, and 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
Who we are:
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MediaNews Group offers news reporting and third party advertising and marketing opportunities through its multi-platform products which include: web, mobile, tablet, and print. We are one of the largest media groups in the U.S., serving high-value audiences and connecting advertisers to them. MNG publishes award-winning content (49 Pulitzers) that amasses and engages a nationwide audience via 800 multi-media platforms including web, mobile, social, and print. We are transforming the news industry.
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