Climate Change Reporter: Local Voices & Impact

AAJA24; New Hampshire; Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

FSA

403(b) match

On-site fitness center

Vacation 3 weeks

Holidays 12

Personal days 2

Sick leave

Parental leave

Job summary

New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) is seeking an innovative journalist to cover climate change and the environment with a focus on how people are responding to it. This reporter will help lead NHPR's climate reporting project, By Degrees, through daily news coverage and audio and digital features in New Hampshire.

Based in Concord, the role reports to a senior editor and is hybrid-eligible. Salary tiers start at a minimum of $62,100 for reporters or $69,300 for senior reporters, depending on

Qualifications

• 4+ years of reporting experience in broadcast, print or digital journalism.
• Excellent writing and organizational skills, and ability to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated news judgment in recognizing the relative importance of a news story and in developing stories.
• Demonstrated success building trust with sources to produce original news coverage.
• Ability to develop creative approaches to human interest coverage and feature stories.
• Passion and intuition for audio journalism, a keen eye and ear for media trends and audience needs.
• Technologically versatile with willingness to expand skills across multimedia.
• Ability to represent NHPR standards and ethics in interviewing, reporting and social media.

Responsibilities

• Gather, write and produce news reports for on-air broadcast and digital distribution.
• Use initiative and source development to develop both daily news and enterprise reporting.
• Participate in newsroom-wide projects, including multi-part series and digital products, with a focus on journalism and storytelling that engages a new, diverse audience.
• Work varied shifts to meet news coverage demands, including breaking news.
• Participate in station fundraising, live appearances and sponsorship activities.
• Engage with communities around the state to deepen understanding of their beat.
• Utilize social media to disseminate news to NHPR audience and beyond.
• Seek professional development opportunities with support of managers.

Skills

Reporting experience

Strong writing

Organizational skills

News judgment

Source development

Story creativity

Audio journalism

Multimedia production

Ethical interviewing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) is seeking an innovative journalist to cover climate change and the environment with a focus on how people are responding to it. This reporter will help lead NHPR's climate reporting project, By Degrees, through daily news coverage and audio and digital features in New Hampshire.

Based in Concord, the role reports to a senior editor and is hybrid-eligible. Salary tiers start at a minimum of $62,100 for reporters or $69,300 for senior reporters, depending on