High School Sports Reporter Job at Advance Local : MassLive.com, Springfield, MA

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  • Advance Local : MassLive.com
  • Springfield, MA

Job Description

Strengthening and empowering all of the communities we serve.


MassLive, the largest news and information website in Massachusetts, is looking for an experienced high school sports reporter to join their team in Western Massachusetts.

We are looking for someone who can work alongside our High School Sports Editor and our team in Western Mass. to continue our standout coverage of roughly 65 high schools in Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire counties.

 

We are also looking for someone who can work collaboratively with our high school sports team. The candidate must be comfortable with writing and reporting from games, gathering data for our high school sports stats platform, coming up with creative storylines and utilizing our position as a digital media outlet to produce multi-dimensional content.

The reporter will be responsible for all aspects of coverage, including rankings for teams and players, breaking news and feature stories.

 

This position pays between $45,000 to $60,000 annually.

 

Ideal candidate will have the following:


  • A degree in journalism or communication, or an equivalent education and work experience with proven ability in journalism reporting and writing, is required.

  • Minimum two years of journalism experience with a proven ability in reporting and writing preferred.

  • Ability to work independently and remotely under deadline pressure and prioritize tasks appropriately.

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

  • Ability to learn and master the methods and applications used to deliver content across a variety of platforms.

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

  • Mastery of social media and digital interaction.

  • Bilingual and multilingual language skills are a plus.

  • Comfortability with shooting photo and video; being on camera a plus.

 

Candidate must be able to work nights and some weekends.

This job requires ability to travel to assignments and attend events. 

Please submit links to writing and other content you've produced.

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Advance Local : MassLive.com

Job Tags

Work experience placement, Local area, Remote work, Night shift, Weekend work,

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