BROADCAST JOURNALIST: ARTS & CULTUR

Aspen Public Radio; Aspen (CO); In loco; USD 59.000 - 72.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health insurance

Vacation

403(b) match

Ski pass financing

Transit pass financing

Descrizione del lavoro

Aspen Public Radio is seeking an experienced broadcast journalist to cover the arts beat across the Roaring Fork Valley. You will report, write, produce, anchor live newscasts, and conduct live interviews with nonprofits and cultural organizations.

The role requires strong writing, production skills, and teamwork in a collaborative newsroom. This full-time position offers benefits and a salary of $65,000, with opportunities to cover major events like the X Games and Aspen IdeasFest while serving

Competenze

• Solid experience in radio reporting, audio editing and production.
• Deep knowledge of journalism ethics and practices (AP and NPR styles).
• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• Strong time management and deadline-driven work.
• Well-practiced collaboration skills.

Mansioni

• Produce high-quality, accurate, and ethical reporting.
• Write and produce daily spot news and weekly features and interviews, including twice-monthly nonprofit spotlight interviews.
• Cultivate a pool of sources throughout the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys.
• Produce digital content for our website and social media channels.
• Anchor morning and afternoon newscasts, as needed.
• Serve as local show producer for Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
• Participate in the production of live events.
• Maintain a local Arts & Culture event calendar with hosts and staff.
• Work with the news director and NPR editors to nationalize local stories.
• Participate in training and workshops to hone skills.
• Attend donor and station events and participate in on-air fundraising drives.

Conoscenze

Radio reporting

Audio editing

Writing

Time management

Collaboration

Descrizione del lavoro

Aspen Public Radio is a 45-year-old public media organization serving the vibrant Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys, nestled in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. We seek a sharp, curious, and team-oriented person with a passion for covering the arts. Our culture is friendly and familiar, but we are professional broadcasters with high standards.

Who We Are Looking For:

We seek an experienced broadcast journalist with a strong skill set that includes reporting, writing, producing, and anchoring. We are looking for someone who is, above all, a good reporter and a team player. We also want you to be a strong writer, have solid broadcast production skills, and be comfortable delivering live newscasts and conducting live interviews on the air. Among other duties, you will be covering a fun and interesting beat that is focused on the local arts and culture sector throughout our coverage area, including both hard and soft news related to nonprofits and arts and cultural organizations and events.

On this beat, you will cover major events throughout our coverage region, such as X Games, Aspen Gay Ski Week, Aspen IdeasFest, and the annual Food & Wine Classic; internationally renowned institutions including the Aspen Institute, the Aspen Music Festival and School, and Jazz Aspen Snowmass; vibrant local arts organizations such as Carbondale Clay Center, The Performing Arts Center at Willis (TACAW), Aspen Words, the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and countless other events and organizations large and small.

This broadcast journalist will join a growing team, under the direction of News Director Sage Smiley, responsible for bringing ideas forward that advance how the power of radio can be used to tell meaningful stories. You are a multitasker, able to work on in-depth stories and breaking news pieces simultaneously, and you care deeply about connecting with our unique community in a way that continually improves our public service to our community’s diverse stakeholders.

As a small station, every member of our news team is required to support evening breaking news and production duties (one day per week), weekend coverage (approx. once a month), and take substitute host shifts as needed. It is also assumed that each beat reporter will have approximately 25% of their coverage responsibilities held for general assignment.

Duties:

• Produce high-quality, accurate, and ethical reporting.
• Write and produce daily spot news and weekly features and interviews, including twice-monthly nonprofit spotlight interviews.
• Cultivate a pool of sources throughout the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys.
• Produce digital content for our website and social media channels.
• Anchor morning and afternoon newscasts, as needed.
• Serve as local show producer for Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
• Participate in the production of live events.
• Maintain a local Arts & Culture event calendar in collaboration with hosts and administrative staff.
• Work with the news director and regional NPR editors to nationalize local stories.
• Participate in training and workshops to continue honing your craft and skills.
• Attend donor and station events and participate in on-air fundraising drives.

Required Qualifications:

• Solid experience in radio reporting, audio editing and production.
• Deep knowledge of the ethics and practices of journalism, including AP and NPR styles.
• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines on a regular basis.
• Well-practiced collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of nonprofit and arts and culture organizations in the Roaring Fork Valley.
• On-air anchoring experience (knowledge of the Morning Edition or All Things Considered clocks is also a plus)
• Understanding of the purpose and mission of public broadcasting.

This is a full-time salaried position reporting to the Aspen Public Radio news director, requiring

availability for day, evening, weekend, and holiday shifts. It is required that this employee be a year-round resident in the Roaring Fork Valley. Aspen Public Radio offers full-time staff benefits including 100% employer-paid health insurance, paid vacation, and a 403(b) match. Ski pass financing and rapid transit bus pass financing is available.

Salary is $65,000.

Aspen Public Radio is an equal opportunity employer.