National Enterprise Reporter, Digital

Job Description

Responsibilities

This position is represented by the NewsGuild-CWA.

NBC News Digital is hiring a reporter for its enterprise team to do path-breaking journalism in a major region of the United States.

This reporter will break news and write medium- and long-term original stories on a variety of topics, including issues of racial and economic inequality, housing, education, policing, health, the environment, the military, courts, and disaster response. The reporter may work on a beat or may be general assignment. Some of this work may involve a more immediate response to news events.

We are especially interested in hearing from candidates who are based outside of New York, Washington or Los Angeles to improve geographic diversity within our regional reporter staff. Women and diverse candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Qualifications/Requirements
- 5 or more years of experience at a major newspaper, website or magazine.
- A proven track record of breaking big news stories that

received national attention or award recognition.
- Multiple examples of well-written and deeply reported

enterprise stories on a variety of topics.
- Experience covering a beat, and examples of coverage
of breaking news.
- Deep familiarity with a major U.S. city where the

enterprise team does not currently have a reporter and a

willingness to live there.
- Willingness to travel frequently.
- Partner with colleagues throughout the NBC News

Group, occasionally help develop ideas for segments,

panel discussions, series and news reports

Desired Characteristics
- Based in the western United States, including the

Southwest, Mountain West or Pacific Northwest, or the

Plains states.
- Bilingual in Spanish or another language.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d8v62m-3-138-200-66-42 in your application.