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04/17/2015
Higher Education All-Media Journalist
Cox Media Group
Cox Media Group Ohio has one of the most-advanced multi-platform newsrooms in the country and is seeking a higher education reporter to fill a new role.
The position requires someone proficient at investigative reporting who can produce work that accomplishes core needs for CMGO’s products in print, in digital, and broadcast.
The reporter will cover local higher education institutions and important higher education topics, writing stories, taking video, producing audio and creating interactive content that drives digital engagement.
Home to the University of Dayton, Wright State University, Miami University, Sinclair Community College, Central State University, Wilberforce University, Wittenberg University, Clark State and several other for-profit and public universities, higher education is an important coverage topic for CMGO. This industry employs thousands in our area and is a key economic force in the region. Also, several colleges work closely with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the largest single-site employer in the state of Ohio.
Responsibilities:
•Use research to tailor stories to fit the audience for print, TV, radio and digital.
•Investigate issues affecting institutions of higher education as well as the institutions themselves.
•Collaborate with WHIO-focused producers, work to create special reports and daily stories; some on-air work is expected.
•Work with digital-content staff to create story elements that uniquely engage the digital audience. This may include blogs.
•Use social media to engage the audience and drive people to your stories.
•Typical output will be multiple stories per week, including a regular presence on the front page of our newspapers and possible on-air presence.
•In-depth investigations may require legal review; reporter should be familiar and comfortable with standards for avoiding libel and slander.
•Ability to work in high-energy fast-paced environment
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
•Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline or equivalent experience (Communication, Mass Communications, Journalism, Education)
•Experience in beat reporting; proven ability to write compelling narrative stories and other text-based journalism; experience taking photos, videos and producing television packages; and experience producing audio for radio
•Experience in digital storytelling and use of social media to engage and grow audience.
•Experience in investigative journalism across platforms.
•Knowledge of issues facing higher education.
•Results-oriented approach to work, with proven track record
•Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
PLEASE ATTACH A CURRENT COPY OF YOUR RESUME IN WORD OR PDF FORMAT
CANDIDATES MUST PROVIDE WRITING SAMPLES OF THEIR WORK AS AN ATTACHMENT OR PROVIDE A LINK TO THEIR ONLINE PORTFOLIO
Cox Media Group is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of CoxReps. Additionally, CMG owns Cox Target Media, which operates Valpak, one of North America's leading direct marketing companies, and Savings.com, a leading online source for savings.
The company's operations currently include 14 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 57 radio stations, eight daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services.
CMG currently operates in more than 30 media markets and reaches approximately 52 million Americans weekly, including more than 32 million TV viewers, more than 4 million print and online newspaper readers, and 14 million radio listeners.
For more information about Cox Media Group, please check us out online at http://www.coxmediagroup.com
Cox Media Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer; Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.
