Southern Adirondacks reporter​/community engagement reporter

Overview

North Country Public Radio is seeking a creative, ambitious, and talented reporter to join our award-winning, nationally recognized news team. This position is centered in Glens Falls, NY, a growing city with tons of new energy, reporting stories from places across the southern Adirondacks and Champlain Valley, from Ticonderoga to Minerva to North Creek to Lake George. Join a hardworking news team working in a geographically diverse region, from rolling hills and farmland in the St.

Lawrence River and Thousand Islands, to the Adirondack Mountains, the Tug Hill Plateau, and Akwesasne Mohawk territory.

• General assignment reporter to cover the southern Adirondack region.
• Produce news stories for broadcast, digital, and social media platforms that serve the mission of the news department to provide coverage of issues of regional importance.
• Establish a “mini-beat” to dig deeper.
• Enterprising and self‑motivated, able to work on their own, and with a team.
• Manage the news team’s community engagement efforts, reaching out and listening to North Country residents to help develop deeper stories at the earliest stages of reporting.
• Using the 650-member NCPR Texting Club (based in the Groundsource platform) and other engagement tools, work with the news team to seed story ideas and callouts.
• Support other reporters in their callouts and community engagement efforts.
• Encouraged to file national stories with NPR and other public media outlets.
• Work closely with editors and fellow reporters to produce your best work.
• Collaborate with the news team on special projects and investigative journalism.
• Approximately 65% of time spent in traditional reporting; 35% spent in community engagement work.
• NOTE:
  
  This position is based in Glens Falls. This is a remote work position with occasional travel and work time in the main NCPR headquarters station in Canton, N.Y.

• At least 2 years’ reporting experience, preferably in public radio.
• Strong background in journalism for radio and digital platforms.
• Excellent writing skills for broadcast and web.
• Ability to work successfully from home/remote office, various hours, including nights and weekends, depending on assignment.
• Valid Driver’s license and vehicle.

• Experience with community engagement journalism and knowledge of tools and best practices.
• Experience using the Groundsource text-based platform.
• Ability to record and gather high-quality audio in the field.
• Ability to use audio editing systems, such as Adobe Audition.
• Expertise in multi-media skills, including photography, visual journalism, data-based reporting, social media engagement, etc.