St. George News | StGeorgeNews.com, a Canyon Media company, is seeking a news reporter to be a jack-of-all-trades. This person should be able and willing to cover a combination of news assignments, including hard news, breaking news, general assignment and enterprise stories. The work schedule for this position includes evening and weekend shifts.

As a reporter, you must be able and willing to do the following:

• Develop short-form and long-form in-depth reports, both as assigned and developed on your own.
• Deliver the article to a managing editor in professional news writing style, with an eye for Associated Press style.
• Be able to work collaboratively, energetically and efficiently with the St. George News team as a whole – including other reporters, editors and multimedia departments – to deliver content on a deadline.
• Adhere to journalism ethics and standards.
• Work with multimedia demands for content assignments, which may include photos, video and other enhancements working in concert with the digital media production department.
• Work independently to complete the requirements of the position.
• Understand and use social media and electronic sharing platforms.
• Familiarity with the WordPress platform is a plus.
• Work schedules may vary to some extent depending upon story demands, beats and other factors, and nights and weekends are involved.

Compensation and benefits

Salaries depend upon experience and skill set, with starting pay ranging from $35,000-$42,000 annually. Employees receive salary increases based on merit, including quality and quantity of news writing and editing product, relationship strengths, professionalism, attitude, initiative and creativity.

Benefits include paid time off and employer contribution toward health care insurance.

Application

Applicants, please submit the following application package by email:

• Your Resumé, including education, work history, areas of expertise and at least three references.
• Samples of your work. Writing, marketing work or multimedia products may be shown through links or copies to published work or the like. Include a description of your part in the production of the items provided.
• Your cover letter describing to us who you are and what you will bring to St. George News. Why do you want to join the St. George News team? Why do you want to call St. George, Utah, home? You might include specific areas of your expertise and knowledge, special interests, how you approach your workday, relevant life experiences, what kind of environment you work best in, your professional goals. Consider this letter a conversation-starter.

Interested applicants should email Editor-in-Chief Joseph Witham at jwitham@stgnews.com.