Markets, Money & Law Reporter

American City Business Journals, Inc.; Birmingham (AL); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

401K Plan with Employer Match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Assistance Program

Multiple Employee Dependent Scholar­‑s

Commuter Flexible Spending

Lifestyle Programs (Including healthy‑

Medical Infertility Services

Corporate discount programs

Employee Recognition/Service Awards

Job summary

American City Business Journals, Inc. in Birmingham, AL, is seeking a hybrid reporter focused on law, banking, money, economic development, manufacturing and related topics. You will join our newsroom to cover markets and deliver timely, scoop-driven stories.

The ideal candidate blends traditional journalism skills with digital storytelling, including multimedia elements, and excels at source development, fast-breaking coverage and building relationships with executives and community leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Desire and ability to break news and to identify newsworthy events and sources
• Strong analytical and investigative-interviewing skills
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Ability to relate comfortably to a wide range of people, in person, on the phone and online
• A clear drive to develop sources and build audience
• Solid understanding of news writing, journalistic ethics and story structure.
• Ability to leverage relationships with sources to deliver content that differentiates the organization from competitors.
• Proficient with MS Office Products
• Proficient with Web-Based Communication Platforms (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Define a clear and compelling vision for the look, feel and voice of our products, including a thriving digital news operation, a printed weekly edition, and daily emails.
• Report and write short-form and long-form stories for the website and weekly print edition.
• Own the beat, dictating day-to-day coverage and thriving on digging out source-driven exclusives.
• Relentlessly develop sources and manage relationships with high-level executives and other community leaders.
• Scoop competitors on every story of any significance, not only telling them what happened, but why and how.

Skills

News reporting

Source development

Interviewing

Analytical skills

Independent work

People skills

Networking

MS Office

Web platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

Teams

Zoom

Webex

Job description

American City Business Journals, Inc. in Birmingham, AL, is seeking a hybrid reporter focused on law, banking, money, economic development, manufacturing and related topics. You will join our newsroom to cover markets and deliver timely, scoop-driven stories.

The ideal candidate blends traditional journalism skills with digital storytelling, including multimedia elements, and excels at source development, fast-breaking coverage and building relationships with executives and community leaders.