Reporter

Position: Reporter

Position Type: Full time, Permanent (Existing Vacancy)

Location: Remote within Toronto, ON

The Company: Postmedia is a Canadian news media company representing more than 110 brands across multiple print, online and mobile platforms. Award-winning journalists and innovative product development teams bring engaging content to millions of people every week whenever and wherever they want it.

This exceptional content, reach and scope offers advertisers and marketers compelling solutions to effectively reach target audiences. We are always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our team.

The Opportunity

Postmedia is seeking an energetic, determined journalist who is passionate about politics and provincial government to fill a full-time role as Queen’s Park reporter. The successful candidate will be expected to break news, deliver enterprise journalism and offer readers context around the events unfolding within and around the Ontario government.

Excellent reporting and writing skills are required, along with a willingness to engage with multiple stakeholders and projects in a competitive, high-paced environment. Working in an evolving landscape, the successful candidate will embrace emerging technologies to deliver content to their audience.

What you’ll do

• Work independently within a collaborative news environment to deliver accurate, impactful journalism from Queen’s Park, in Toronto, to trusted news outlets in major cities and communities across Ontario.
• Develop content to engage audiences across several platforms, from print to digital, and from video to emerging social media.
• Cultivate sources in and around Queen’s Park to deliver important information to readers about the policy decisions that impact their lives, from healthcare to education, from employment to taxation and beyond.
• Develop distinctive content that separates our coverage from the competition by breaking news, investing in longform stories, embracing data and harnessing creative thought all while following the company’s rigorous journalistic principles.
• Balance long-term projects with daily responsibilities.

Who you are

• You have meaningful newsroom experience, with a proven track record working under deadlines to produce written content at the highest professional standards.
• You are comfortable working with a variety of stakeholders in high-pressure situations, balancing daily news files with long-term projects.
• You are open to flexible workdays, understanding the nature of the Queen’s Park news cycle does not always adhere to traditional weekday business hours.
• You are passionate about journalism and obsessive about accuracy.
• You have a valid driver’s license.

Compensation

Employment offers presented to the selected candidate are based on a combination of qualifications, experience, responsibilities of the role and the candidate’s location.

Base Salary: $63,937.75

This is a unionized position subject to the terms and conditions of the collective agreement. The starting salary listed in this job posting is based on the Year 1 rate outlined in the collective agreement. Offers will be made based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

We thank in advance all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates under consideration will be contacted. Only candidates legally eligible to work in Canada will be considered. No phone calls or agencies please.

Postmedia Network Inc. is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all areas of the hiring process. If you require accommodation during the hiring process, please make your needs known in advance. Accommodation requests will be provided on an individual basis.

Postmedia Network Inc. is committed to employment equity and an inclusive barrier-free selection process and work environment. Postmedia Network Inc. encourages applications from women, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities.

Job Criteria

• Seniority level: Not Applicable
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
• Industries: Newspaper Publishing