Multimedia Journalist

Position: Multimedia Journalist

Position Type: Full time, Permanent (Existing Vacancy)

Location: Remote within St. John's, NL

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:

The Telegram is seeking a multimedia journalist to join our team in St. John’s, NL. Your main focus will be covering news stories across Newfoundland and Labrador, with a focus on political and health reporting. You’ll identify and explore issues that are important to the people of our province, explaining the problem and seeking potential solutions.

Our ideal candidate is skilled at writing features as well as web reporting on immediate issues. We’re looking for someone who is proficient at storytelling and able to write articles that can condense information in a way that explains or analyzes what’s happening for our online readers.

Driven by the demands of speed and online readership growth, the multimedia journalist must flexibly juggle assignments as well as generate ideas to attract and keep readers returning to TheTelegram.com daily. A strong understanding of newsletters, SEO and best practices for web is considered a bonus, as is familiarity with platforms like WordPress, but support and training will be provided.

Our candidate is a team player, willing to work with colleagues to do investigative pieces or larger projects, and able to work independently, as this is a work-from-home role. The candidate must be able to cover events in person as needed within St. John’s.

The ability to use digital tools to identify news needs and maximize ways to meet them is critical to the position, as is working closely with the deputy editor and assistant news editor.

The position is a unionized job, working with a remote newsroom, beginning as soon as possible.

What you’ll do:

• Tell the stories of people in Newfoundland and Labrador, with an emphasis on political and health reporting.
• Report and write stories for our website, as well as tailoring content to meet the varying needs of our platforms.
• Skilled with using social media to find sources, story ideas and topics of interest to the community each day and respond to explain why these talking pieces are important to NL
• Strong phone skills, as you may be reporting from a distance.
• Knowledge and experience filing access to information requests considered an asset.
• Respond quickly to stories that are important to our readers, turning around pieces that will help grow readership online by providing context, analysis and explanations.
• Initiating and developing ideas for enterprise stories and investigative projects.
• Cultivating sources and establishing expertise in order to break stories.
• Working with digital teams to create other multimedia elements.

Who you are:

• Experience at a news organization in a deadline-oriented reporting/writing role.
• Fluency in digital platforms, multimedia journalism and social media.
• Ability to work quickly and independently, meet multiple deadlines, and make efficient decisions.
• Ability to work constructively as part of a newsroom team.

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.

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.

Base Salary: $721.81 weekly

Only candidates legally eligible to work in Canada will be considered.

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.