Reporter-Editor, Edmonton, One-Year Part-Time
The Prairies bureau of The Canadian Press is looking for an experienced, dedicated and dynamic journalist with keen news judgment.
The successful candidate will be able to work independently and be able to handle a wide range of duties in reporting and editing news across the region.
The successful candidate will be expected to arrive for work armed with original ideas and creative ways to tell those stories.
The successful candidate will typically work four days per week over the term of one year.
General Responsibilities :
- Write, edit and gather content for CP’s various services, including print, audio and video
- Come up with new and creative ways to tell stories on all platforms
- Generate original story ideas, projects and exclusives
- Find and report stories of provincial and national interest
- Work creatively and concisely under tight deadline pressure
- Work independently but also pitch in to help the team when needed
- Edit and improve colleagues’ work
- Occasional shift work may be required, including evenings and weekends
- Occasional travel
Skills and Experience Required :
- Experience working in a real-time, digital newsroom
- Solid news judgment
- Excellent writing skills
- Superior research skills
- Ability to write and edit copy to the standards in the CP Stylebook
- Ability to edit and improve colleagues’ work
- Ability to work under extreme deadline pressure
- Experience using different news platforms, including broadcast and video
- Detail-oriented, with the ability to organize time and workflow effectively
- Bilingualism is an asset
Committed to a maintaining a safe and healthy work environment
Offers of employment are conditional upon the candidate providing proof of full vaccination against