Multimedia Journalist

Jeffgaulin; Ontario; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Multimedia Journalist to join their dynamic newsroom team. This role involves crafting engaging stories for diverse audiences across various platforms, with a focus on local news, business, and sports. The ideal candidate will possess strong reporting skills, a knack for investigative journalism, and the ability to translate complex topics into accessible content. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in the community while working with innovative storytelling tools. If you have a passion for journalism and a drive to uncover compelling stories, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of newsroom experience required.
• Strong writing skills for breaking news and features are essential.

Responsibilities

• Report and write stories for print, web, and mobile audiences.
• Develop ideas for enterprise stories and investigative projects.
• Cultivate sources to break stories and set the news agenda.

Skills

Reporting

Writing

Data Analysis

Video Presentation

Investigative Journalism

Source Cultivation

Education

1+ years of newsroom experience

Tools

Viafora

Digital Platforms

Job description

Multimedia Journalist REF#: JG34722 Sault Ste Marie Star
Location: Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
Posted: April 8, 2025
Salary:

Description

The Company: Postmedia is a Canadian news media company representing more than 130 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: Working in the Sault Star newsroom, the ideal candidate is an enterprising self-starter and team player with a sense for stories that resonate with Sault Ste. Marie's diverse readership. The candidate should be able to cultivate sources, find stories buried in documents, and break news on tight deadlines while writing in a way that is clear, concise, and engaging. Knowledge of Northern Ontario, Indigenous issues, business, municipal politics, immigration, sports, including the Ontario Hockey League, and general news are assets. The successful candidate will spend 50 per cent of their time on general news, especially covering business stories and news features that lend themselves to Postmedia's long-read format. The rest of their time will be spent covering local sports, especially the Soo Greyhounds of the OHL, and they will be expected to file stories and features suitable for Postmedia's OHL newsletter. In addition, the successful candidate will help lead the way as the Sault newsroom adopts new storytelling and web tools, such as long-story features, Explainers, and blogs using Viafora.

What you’ll do:

• Reporting and writing stories for print, web, and mobile audiences – as well as tailoring content to meet the varying needs of those platforms.
• Initiating and developing ideas for enterprise stories and investigative projects.
• Cultivating sources and establishing expertise in order to break stories and set the news agenda.
• Filing video clips for digital platforms; working with digital teams to create interactive maps and graphics, searchable databases, and other multimedia elements.

Qualifications

• You have 1+ years of newsroom experience.
• Flexibility to write effectively in breaking news, features, and short form is essential.
• Background knowledge of business is helpful. More important is having the drive and ability to dig deep, to get answers and to be able to see story angles in numbers.
• You need an ability to identify trends and drivers behind the news that allows you to explain why and how, as well as what is happening.
• A talent for explanatory journalism is a must. Politics, business, and sports are full of jargon: You need to be able to translate it for expert and novice readers alike.
• Being strong with data analysis is an asset.
• Experience and strength in video or podcast presentation is an asset.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest. However, only those under consideration will be contacted. Only candidates legally eligible to work in Canada will be considered. No phone calls or agencies, please. 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. Interested candidates should apply online here, stating they found this job on Jeff Gaulin's Journalism Job Board.