Looking for a talented, aggressive news reporter, with investigative reporting skills and/or background to join our team. This is a general assignment news position that mainly focuses on cops and courts, but also will require the versatility to cover various local and state government issues, higher education and feature stories. The focus is on hard-hitting local news that engages readers in our community. Social media, web writing, and page layout experience (Adobe InDesign) preferred.
Successful candidate will have experience researching, reporting and writing investigative news stories in a professional environment. However, we will consider recent college grads with solid internship experience.
Benefits package available for full-time employees.
Please send cover letter, rsum with at least three professional references, and three published samples of your writing:
news@athensnews.com