Journalist

Postmedia; Edmonton; Remote; CAD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Postmedia is seeking a journalist to join our team for a full-time, permanent vacancy. The role focuses on delivering high-quality regional news coverage and breaking stories across Alberta communities, with reporting for print and web platforms from a remote location.

The candidate should demonstrate strong news judgment, ethics, and an ability to craft engaging stories for multiple platforms while working independently and within a regional newsroom team. Salary range is CAD 30,000–40,000.

Qualifications

• Experience at a community news organization in a deadline-driven role.
• Fluency with digital platforms, multimedia journalism and social media.
• Ability to work quickly, meet deadlines and work independently.
• Ability to collaborate effectively within a newsroom team.

Responsibilities

• Report and write stories for print and web tailored to respective platforms.
• Develop and break stories, conduct interviews and cultivate sources.
• Demonstrate strong news judgment with ethics and legal knowledge.
• Produce short and long-form pieces that inform readers about the region.
• Coordinate cross-platform coverage and enterprise reporting.

Skills

Community news experience

Digital platforms

Multimedia journalism

Social media

Deadline oriented

Job description

Position: Journalist

Position Type: Full-time, Permanent (Existing Vacancy)

Location: Remote in Alberta, Edmonton

About 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 offer 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 a journalist who will help drive superior coverage of important local and regional issues to fill a full-time vacancy in Sherwood Park and Strathcona County. Excellent news reporting and writing skills are required, as well as the ability to thrive working independently as part of a regional news environment. The successful candidate will be expected to break news and produce innovative reporting as part of the news team. Applicants are expected to have excellent news judgment and demonstrable strengths in accurate, clean reporting, and a proven ability to initiate stories and enterprise features. Beyond reporting capabilities, candidates should understand the goals and opportunities offered by digital platforms to break news and reach audiences. The successful candidate must be comfortable with filing stories for multiple platforms on tight deadlines and be keen to learn and experiment to find new ways to tell stories and engage readers.

What you'll do

• Work independently as part of a collaborative regional newsroom to find, develop and tell stories that people in Leduc, Beaumont and Devon and Alberta care about and that affect their daily lives.
• Report and write stories for print and web audiences, tailoring content to the needs of those platforms.
• Exhibit superior news judgment, with the ability to draw on legal and journalism ethics knowledge.
• Write short and longform stories that help readers live and thrive in the region and deliver understanding of the region for readers in the West.
• Cultivate sources and establish expertise to set the news agenda and break stories.

Who you are

• Experience at a community news organization in a deadline-oriented 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. Pay Rate: $30,000 - $40,000