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Multi-Media Reporter
The Pamplin Media Group is looking for a full-time reporter with multi-media skills to join its team in Oregon.
Reporter will contribute daily to a variety of news media, including our Wilsonville Spokesman weekly newspaper and website plus other social media products, and collaborate on special sections and web-based projects. Beats will include local government, features, business and breaking news.
The Pamplin Media Group is a local, family-owned media company that includes more than 25 weekly newspapers/websites, the Portland Tribune and several specialty publications and websites. It reaches a combined print and digital audience of more than 1.2 million readers each week.
The ideal candidates will have a bachelor’s degree in journalism and one to two years of professional reporting experience. Time spent working for student publications or internships will be considered. They will demonstrate excellent time management skills and an ability to write engaging, accurate stories on deadline. Although they may work with a professional photographer, reporters should be able to shoot photos for their own stories when needed and contribute to video projects and podcasts. Bilingual English/Spanish skills are a plus and could lead to additional opportunities.
Reporters use social media to share their work and engage our audiences across multiple platforms, work well on deadlines and demonstrate an ability to manage a flexible work schedule that may include evenings and weekends. We are a digital-first operation, and reporters are expected to post daily content independent of weekly publication schedules.
Reporters are valuable members of our newsroom teams whose input contributes to healthy communities in regon. They also develop and practice leadership skills in our newsrooms and communities that can help them achieve their career goals.
Salary range is $17 to $18 an hour depending on experience, includes benefits, generous vacation and sick time, as well as 401K.
Please email cover letter, resume, references and at least three samples of published work, including photos and one written news and/or feature story. Send to Patrick Malee, editor.
Put “Reporter 2024” in the subject line.
