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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates strong journalism skills with a focus on breaking and enterprise news reporting across audio, visual, and digital platforms. Proficient in research, interviewing, and collaboration, with a commitment to ethical standards and community engagement.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Bachelor’s Degree In Journalism3 Years Professional Experience As A JournalistStrong Writing And Interviewing SkillsDigital Audio Recording And EditingCommunity Engagement Experience
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Hard Skills
News ReportingResearching StoriesInterviewingWritingPhotographyVideo ProductionAudio EditingSocial Media EngagementLive ReportingMaintaining Sources
Soft Skills
Organizational SkillsAbility To Work IndependentlyCollaborative SkillsCommitment To Ethical StandardsEnthusiasm For News Production
Tools & Technologies
Digital Audio ToolsEditing SoftwareSocial Media Platforms
Certifications & Qualifications
Valid Oregon Or Washington Driver’s License
Industry Keywords
Coastal OregonBreaking NewsEnterprise NewsLocal News ProgrammingFundraisingOutreach Functions
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Report, write and produce breaking and enterprise news stories on audio, visual and digital platforms focused on coastal Oregon
- Cover breaking and daily news and longer-term feature stories across a wide range of subjects
- Research stories, schedule and conduct interviews, and plan future beat coverage
- Gather sound, video and photos
- Record and edit material using digital audio tools
- Use social media for information gathering and engagement
- Collaborate with OPB’s social media team and reporters and staff across the organization
- Participate in local news programming as a guest on radio shows and podcasts or be debriefed by an on-air host
- Support inclusion of other local voices in on-air programming
- Produce reports for national news programs and newscasts as assigned
- Participate in fundraising and outreach functions
- Meet daily deadlines and manage multiple news priorities
- Work under the guidance of the Regional Managing Editor and Regional Team Lead
- Travel across coastal communities and occasionally to other locations in Oregon and Washington
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- 3 years equivalent full-time professional experience as a journalist
- Experience developing and maintaining a beat
- Ability to develop and maintain sources
- Strong writing, interviewing and organizational skills
- Familiarity with photography, audio, video and social media in the presentation of news stories
- Ability to work independently in a remote location and collaboratively with editors and reporters throughout the Northwest
- Commitment to high ethical standards in reporting
- Ability to file live reports and participate in breaking news
- Ability to be the face of OPB to coastal communities
- Enthusiasm for the mission of OPB
- Enthusiasm for the changing news production environment and related tools and software
- Valid Oregon or Washington driver’s license required
- Regional and state travel required
- Ability to lift and carry equipment up to 10 pounds
- Preferred: experience as a bureau reporter; digital audio recording and editing equipment; photography or video production skills; following stories over time; community engagement experience; bilingual English and another language such as Spanish or Russian
Benefits
Comp & perks- Benefits eligible
- Premiums available for second language skills and experience
- National travel for professional development opportunities possible