Community Reporter for Lewiston area at MAINE TRUST FOR LOCAL NEWS L3C

Lewiston, Maine, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

10 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

10 Jan, 26

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Reporting, Writing, Digital-first Environment, Source Development, Community Engagement, Story Curation, Deadline Management, Public Affairs, Social Media Monitoring, Local News Coverage, Newsletter Creation, Event Coverage, Fact Briefs, Breaking News, Municipal Affairs, Community Journalism

Industry

Newspaper Publishing

Description

Job Details Job Location: Sun Journal - Lewiston, ME 04240 The Maine Trust for Local News is seeking an enterprising and energetic community reporter to join its Sun Journal news staff. This reporter will cover general interest news in a geographic beat serving the city of Lewiston and surrounding communities including the town of Poland. Coverage in these communities will focus on the public impact of housing and development; business openings/closings; food; municipal affairs; breaking news; things to do; and people. Journalism produced from this coverage is published in the Sun Journal, Sunjournal.com, as well as on a per-story basis in other Maine Trust publications such as the Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and Times Record. The community reporter will be responsible for curating a weekly newsletter, Lewiston Now, that’s focused on interesting people, places and happenings in the region; and for posting daily web updates. This is a lively beat with a lot of news opportunities in a region of more than 44,000 people that includes Maine's second largest city. The goal of this reporter is to be essential to each community they cover, being on the ground in their region regularly and making sure people know the reporter's name and how to reach them. They will closely monitor town Facebook groups, Next Door, Reddit and any other public areas of discussion for story ideas, including libraries and coffee shops. If there are questions we can answer being posed in these groups or at central gathering places, we will answer them with fact briefs or stories. Source development will be key for this reporter to stay on top of the latest town happenings and breaking news. This reporter will also help create and update guides for each town or region, from farmstands, trails, events, to places to eat, housing resources and more. The community reporter must have excellent reporting and writing skills; a sense of urgency to beat the competition on developing news; comfort with a digital-first environment; a proven ability to file stories on deadline; and experience rounding out stories with depth and context. The Maine Trust for Local News prides itself on high standards of professionalism and community journalism that is meaningful to our readers. We are an equal-opportunity employer. Applicants should email a cover letter, resume and up to five writing samples to Managing Editor Ben Bragdon, at: bbragdon@sunjournal.com Qualifications

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Responsibilities

The community reporter will cover general interest news in Lewiston and surrounding areas, focusing on public impact topics. They will curate a weekly newsletter and post daily web updates while engaging with the community.