Education Solutions Reporter

Job Description

Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
KPNX 12News, the NBC affiliate in Phoenix, is seeking a dynamic and driven Education Solutions Reporter MSJ to join our award-winning newsroom. Through this role, we're expanding our coverage of Arizona's education landscape to focus exclusively on education solutions -the programs, people, and innovations improving learning across the state. This reporter will explore how Arizona's schools, educators, communities, and partners are finding creative answers to challenges in education. Your work will help shape the statewide conversation about education by highlighting where progress is being made and what solutions are driving it. This is a grant-funded, two-year position with the possibility of extension based on future funding and performance.

Responsibilities:
• Report exclusively on education solutions across Arizona, focusing on real programs, efforts, and innovations that strengthen education opportunities for all ages-rural and urban alike.
• Produce stories across digital, social, and broadcast platforms, with flexibility for long-form enterprise and investigative reporting when applicable.
• Develop strong relationships with educators, administrators, policymakers, and community partners to uncover underreported stories about education improvement and innovation.
• Collaborate with editors, producers, and digital team to create engaging and impactful storytelling that resonates with the audience.
• Participate in at least three educational collaborations or events per year, such as symposium site visit or other gatherings hosted by the Education Solutions Journalism Grant Program.
• Maintain editorial independence while adhering to the grants focus on coverage of education solutions rather than political or unrelated topics
Requirements:
• 3-5 years reporting experience preferred.
• Must possess solid news judgment, display strong communication skills, creativity, and ethical decision-making skills.
• Must be able to shoot and edit video
• ENPS, EDIUS and Axis graphics experience is preferred.
• Must be organized with the ability to work under constant deadlines.
• Proven social and digital content creation ability.
• Current driver's license and ability to operate news gathering vehicle to and from various locations is required.
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA's 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor's appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

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