General Assignment/Public Safety Reporter-Great Falls Tribune

Colonial Group; Great Falls (MT); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability coverage

Life insurance

401K with company match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Lee Enterprises' Great Falls Tribune is seeking a General Assignment/Public Safety Reporter to cover public safety, police and courts in Montana's third-largest city. You will chase breaking news, manage multiple assignments, and shoot your own photos while building sources in a tight-knit community.

Applicants with newspaper experience are preferred, but recent journalism graduates are welcome to apply. The Tribune joined a network of Lee Enterprises papers, expanding reporting capacity and

Qualifications

• Applicants with newspaper experience preferred, but recent journalism graduates welcome to apply.

Responsibilities

• Cover public safety, police, courts and breaking news.
• Jump on breaking news and cover a wide range of local topics.
• Shoot their own photos and build sources in a community eager for local news.
• Handle multiple assignments and deadlines, producing timely stories daily.
• Range across beats and dig into deeper topics when opportunities arise.

Job description

General Assignment/Public Safety Reporter-Great Falls Tribune

The Great Falls Tribune is seeking a general assignment reporter - with a special emphasis on public safety, police, courts and breaking news - to join a growing newspaper with a storied history and a bright future in Montana.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hard-charging but thoughtful reporter who can jump on breaking news, cover public safety and pitch in on a wide range of coverage in the Treasure State's third-most populous city.

We are looking for an ambitious reporter who can handle multiple assignments and deadlines, urgently produce multiple stories each day, shoot their own photos and build sources in a community that's eager for local news.

This is a great opportunity to range across numerous beats, going where the day's news takes you while also finding opportunities to dig into deeper topics.

Applicants with some newspaper experience are preferred, but recent journalism graduates are welcome to apply.

The Tribune recently joined a network of six Lee Enterprises newspapers located in Montana's largest markets, lending it the reporting capacity of those five other newsrooms as well as a state bureau that covers politics in Big Sky Country.

Why Join Us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.

Lee Enterprises is a leading provider of local news and information and a major subscription and advertising platform, with daily and weekly newspapers and rapidly expanding digital products serving 114 markets across 25 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We respect and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.