Community Reporter at MAINE TRUST FOR LOCAL NEWS L3C

Waterville, 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, Social Media Monitoring, Deadline Management, Story Curation, Public Affairs, Local News Coverage, Newsletter Creation, Fact-Checking, Research, Networking, Event Coverage, Community Resources

Industry

Newspaper Publishing

Description

Job Details Job Location: Morning Sentinel - Waterville, ME 04901 The Maine Trust for Local News is seeking an enterprising and energetic community reporter to join its Central Maine news staff. This reporter will cover general interest news in a geographic beat serving the Kennebec County communities of Waterville, Winslow, Oakland and Belgrade. 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 Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal, Centralmaine.com, as well as on a per-story basis in other Maine Trust publications such as the Portland Press Herald, Sun Journal and Times Record. The community reporter will be responsible for curating a weekly newsletter 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 30,000 people. 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 Jessica Lowell, at: jlowell@centralmaine.com Qualifications

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Responsibilities

The community reporter will cover general interest news in Kennebec County communities and curate a weekly newsletter focused on local happenings. They will also monitor social media and public discussions for story ideas and develop sources for breaking news.