Strong command of AP grammar and style.Adept at taking photos and video and will file quickly across platforms: mobile, desktop and social media.1-2 years’ reporting/newsroom experience preferred even better if you’ve covered sports.Bachelor’s or Master’s in Communications, Journalism or an equivalent combination of education and experience.Provides great customer service, helping readers find answers and solutions. Promotes personal brand, the brands of colleagues and the institutional brand. Works toward becoming the state’s leading voice in high school sports.Ĭonnects with the community through social media.Ĭrafts coverage based on historical success and adapts approach based on digital metrics and audience needs.Ĭaptures basic photos and video as needed. This means a lot of hard work meeting sources and talking with parents. We want someone who is ambitious, thinks big and has a passion for storytelling and breaking news before our competitors. The best candidate will also have the knowledge to write about other sports such as basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball and soccer. High school football and recruiting are the focus for this job in the fall, and it’s essential to find interesting stories to make this beat a success. We need a reporter who can hunt down those stories and continue our traditions of naming all-state teams and picking “Dandy Dozens,” the top players in the state in various sports. The ideal reporter is a strong multitasker with a knack for telling compelling human-interest stories and identifying interesting trends for enterprise stories and other articles that go beyond what happened on the court or field. We’re not looking for run-of-the-mill game coverage for high school coverage. Located in Jackson, the Clarion-Ledger is a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper and the largest media site in the state, providing statewide coverage of politics, culture and sports while also focusing on what makes the local communities such exciting places in which to live. The Clarion-Ledger / , part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, is looking for a hard-working and energetic sports reporter to cover mostly high school sports in the great state of Mississippi.
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