Reporter, North Country & Climate Change

AAJA25; Concord (NH); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

403(b) match

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Floating personal days

Paid sick leave

Parental leave

On-site fitness center

Job summary

New Hampshire Public Radio, Inc. seeks a curious and innovative Reporter for the North Country & Climate Change to cover environmental issues and build sources across a region that shapes NH’s identity.

You will file for on-air and digital distribution, with a focus on climate and environment stories for NHPR’s By Degrees project. The role is full-time, exempt, with hybrid eligibility and reporting to a senior editor in Concord.

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 and audience needs.
• Multimedia skills including producing or editing data visualizations, video or other digital media, as well as audio.
• Ability to represent NHPR standards and code of 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.
• Work varied shifts to meet news coverage demands, including breaking news.
• Participate in station fundraising, live appearances and sponsorship activities.
• Engage with communities around New Hampshire’s North Country to deepen understanding of the region.
• Utilize social media to disseminate news to NHPR audience and beyond.
• Seek professional development opportunities with support of managers.

Skills

Experience in reporting

Writing skills

News judgment

Source development

Storytelling ability

Audio journalism

Multimedia skills

Ethics & standards

Education

B.A. or relevant experience

Job description

New Hampshire Public Radio, Inc.
2 Pillsbury St. Ste. 600, Concord, New Hampshire, 03301, United States
Phone: [phone]
Web: www.nhpr.org

Reporter, North Country & Climate Change

Location: Concord, New Hampshire, United States

Employment Type: Full time

Job Description

NHPR is seeking a curious, nimble and innovative reporter to cover the state’s northernmost region with a special focus on climate change and the environment.

This is the first time we will have a full-time reporter based in the North Country, a region encompassing one-third of the state and one that’s seen significant changes in recent decades.

We’re looking for someone who can make local stories of all kinds feel universal (or at least relevant to a statewide audience) through on-the-ground feature reporting and daily news coverage; and someone who can build sources and trust in a region that historically hasn’t received much focus from statewide news organizations. This reporter must be comfortable working independently, with a proven ability to build sources across a range of areas.

In addition to covering the North Country through a general assignment lens, this reporter will pay special attention to environmental and climate-related issues in the region. Mountains, streams and forests are key to the North Country’s identity. But the region’s natural resources are under pressure from climate change, as are the people who depend on the outdoors for their livelihood. This reporter will spend about half their time filing climate and environment stories for By Degrees, NHPR’s climate change reporting project.

This is a full-time, exempt, hybrid-eligible role based in Grafton, Coos or Carroll counties, reporting to a senior editor based in our newsroom in Concord. This position is part of the SAG-AFTRA bargaining unit. The role will be classified as either a Reporter (with a minimum salary of $62,100) or a Senior Reporter (with a minimum salary of $69,300), depending on the chosen applicant's experience level. We also consider internal equity, among other factors, when deciding compensation.

Essential Duties Include:

• 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 and other appropriate coverage reasons.
• Participate in station fundraising, live appearances and sponsorship activities.

Other Responsibilities Include:

• Engage with communities around New Hampshire’s North Country to deepen understanding of the region and help meet the information needs of local residents.
• Utilize social media to disseminate news to the NHPR audience and beyond.
• Seek professional development opportunities, with support of managers, and take initiative to learn new skills in reporting, on-air presentation and digital news production.

Job Requirements

We believe a strong newsroom includes journalists from a range of backgrounds, with different skills, experiences and passions. If you don’t meet every qualification we’ve outlined but are intrigued by this position, we’d still love to hear from you. Please apply and tell us more about yourself.

• 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. Multimedia skills, including experience in producing or editing data visualizations, video or other digital media, as well as audio.
• Ability to represent NHPR standards and code of ethics in the course of interviewing, reporting and use of social media.
• B.A. or relevant experience.

We know there are great candidates who may not have all these qualities or who have important skills we may not have outlined above. If this is you, do not hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

Benefits

NHPR offers a generous benefits package that includes health, dental and vision insurance; company paid short- and long-term disability; flexible spending accounts; 403(b) savings plan with company match and a free on-site fitness center. Three weeks of vacation, twelve paid holidays, two floating personal days, and paid sick and parental leave.

Things to Know About Us

NHPR is New Hampshire's independent and trusted source for news and information and the state's largest radio news service. Based in Concord, the state's capital and political hub, we are focused on producing accountability journalism and engaging deeply with the diverse communities and people of the Granite State. We’ve been serving audiences in New Hampshire and beyond for 40 years and counting. In that time, NHPR has repeatedly earned national recognition for our journalism, including recent accolades from the Pulitzer Prizes, the Edward R. Murrow Awards, the Public Media Journalists Association and more.

We seek people who are approachable, collaborative, empathetic, optimistic, and solution-minded. Together, we are building a culture based on earned trust, transparency, equity, and inclusion. We hold ourselves accountable for our organizational goals and our values. NHPR is intent on being public radio for all of New Hampshire, by expanding our audience, advancing our mission and vision, and deepening our engagement with diverse people and communities across the state and beyond our borders. Learn more about NHPR.

NHPR is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

NHPR makes hiring decisions based solely on individual qualifications, experience, and organizational needs. We actively seek to create an inclusive environment where all voices are heard, valued, and respected.