The Winston-Salem Journal, a Lee Enterprises company, is hiring a tenacious and experienced reporter to cover climate change and the environment in Northwest North Carolina.
The full-time position is funded by a grant from 1Earth Fund, a private nonprofit foundation that helps news organizations provide readers with information about climate change.
Position Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will:
- Be able to explain and bring insight to readers on the complex issues surrounding climate change.
- Build sources to produce daily and enterprise stories
- Has the ability to develop content in alternate story forms, as well as traditional storytelling.
- Produce compelling digital storytelling by working with photojournalists, graphic artists and videographers
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- High ethical standards
- Excellent spelling and grammar skills
- Drone certification would be a plus
- Previous experience covering climate change would be a plus
Education & Experience
- Two years in a newsroom preferred
- Bachelor’s degree, does not have to be in journalism or communications, preferred
- Must have valid driver's license and auto insurance
Why Join Us?
Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.
Lee Enterprises is a leading provider of local news and information and a major subscription and advertising platform, with daily and weekly newspapers and rapidly expanding digital products serving 114 markets across 25 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.
Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We respect and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.
Skills Required
- Two years of newsroom experience
- Bachelor's degree; journalism or communications not required
- Valid driver's license
- Valid auto insurance
- High ethical standards
- Excellent spelling and grammar skills
- Climate change reporting experience
- Drone certification
What We Do
BH Media Group operates 71 newspapers and other titles located in 10 states.
