THE OPPORTUNITY:

The Daily Herald Tribune is seeking a journalist who will help drive superior coverage of issues and events to fill a full-time vacancy covering the Peace Country. Excellent news reporting and writing skills are required, as well as the ability to thrive under pressure in a fast-paced multimedia news environment.
The successful candidate will be expected to break news and produce innovative reporting as part of the news team. Applicants are expected to have excellent news judgment and demonstrable strengths in accurate, clean reporting, and a proven ability to initiate stories and enterprise features.
Beyond reporting capabilities, candidates should understand the goals and opportunities offered by digital platforms to break news and reach audiences. The successful candidate must be comfortable with filing stories for multiple platforms on tight deadlines and be keen to learn and experiment to find new ways to tell stories and engage readers.

• Reporting and writing stories for web and print audiences-as well as tailoring content to meet the varying needs of those platforms.
• Initiating and developing ideas for enterprise stories and investigative projects.
• Cultivating sources and establishing expertise in order to break stories.
• Working with digital teams to create other multimedia elements.
• Taking photos of community events etc.