Reporter, Sanitation and Parks, WNYC/Gothamist - New York Public Radio
New York City, NY
About the Job
Reporter, Sanitation and Parks
The WNYC and Gothamist newsroom is looking for a dynamic, enterprising reporter to cover New York City’s sanitation and parks departments – two agencies that New Yorkers interact with daily that can greatly affect quality of life.
This reporter will be part of the NYC Accountability team, which covers our city’s agencies under the newsroom mission to Make New York work for New Yorkers. A successful candidate will know how to speak with and listen to agency officials and employees, residents and our readers to deliver sharp, fair and informative news on trash, recycling and compost collection, public spaces and pests. This reporter’s beat will also include covering the city’s aging public infrastructure, such as sewers and street space.
The reporter will be tasked with balancing daily news assignments with longer term enterprise and investigations that uncover ways everyday New Yorkers are underserved by the city’s built environment. This is a beat that requires curiosity, creativity and strong field reporting skills.
A strong candidate for this role will have demonstrated experience managing a beat, with a track record of covering breaking news and executing exclusive reporting that holds public officials to account.
The role will deliver content for both our digital audience on Gothamist and our broadcast listeners on WNYC. The capability to simultaneously work on both written reporting and audio scripts is essential.
A successful candidate will have experience collaborating as a part of a large newsroom, and be a self-starter who aggressively identifies story ideas and reporting plans.
Responsibilities
- Pitch, report and produce stories on New York City’s open spaces and infrastructure, with a particular emphasis on sanitation, parks and streets
- Create engaging journalism that attracts loyal and diverse audiences in digital, on-air, on-demand audio and social
- Deliver exclusive stories and scoops that our audience can’t find anywhere else
- Hold all content to the highest journalistic standards -- from breaking news to longform features
- Execute a regular stream of digital stories, broadcast content and audio features
- Collaborate with other members of the newsroom on reporting that’s relevant to New Yorkers’ lived experiences
- Consistently meet daily publishing deadlines
- Work in-person at NY Public Radio’s newsroom and be available to be deployed to report in the field whenever necessary
- Jump on breaking news coverage, including some stories that aren’t specific to the parks and sanitation beatCoordinate with other editors, radio producers and our audience team to maximize our reach across all our platforms
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years professional journalism experience
- Experience as a beat reporter at a major news organization
- Experience covering breaking news and developing stories
- Familiarity with New York City and state government operations
- Ability to deliver clean, accurate written copy and radio scripts
- Ability to take photographs as part of coverage where necessary, and experience collaborating with audience teams on social media output
- Deft writing, including knowledge of AP style and strong grammar skills
- Ability to manage several products on multiple platforms concurrently
- A deep commitment to accurate, ethical journalism
- Demonstrated knowledge of complex social and cultural issues
- Demonstrated commitment and ability to contribute an equity lens to every aspect of people development and management processes, and ability to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion competency in newsrooms
- Excellent communication skills, including those for public speaking
- Experience using content management systems and other databases required to edit and produce text and audio stories
- Self-starter with proven ability to meet deadlines and pay close attention to detail and fact-checking
- The ability to work effectively with the public and colleagues at New York Public Radio
Additional Information
This is a full-time role exempt role with a salary range of $84,413-$86,000 per year (plus a full benefits package). Salary offered within this range is determined by skills, experience and organizational pay equity. New York Public Radio offers excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance, vacation, personal and sick time as well as inclusive family leave.
This role is based in New York City and is expected to work onsite at New York Public Radio’s SoHo headquarters at least 2 days per week.
This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement between New York Public Radio and SAG-AFTRA.
Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
New York Public Radio is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We continuously strive to place our employees at the center of our thinking and elevate inclusive practices to develop and support a more engaged and productive workforce. Our journalism and operations in the service of that journalism benefit from a broad range of perspectives, from all backgrounds, at all levels of the organization. Diversity is essential to honest, authentic, accurate storytelling and reportage; creating an institution in which all voices are encouraged, valued, and heard.
Equal Opportunity
New York Public Radio is an equal opportunity employer committed to achieving the goal of equal employment opportunity for all. Applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions without regard to mental or physical disability, race, creed, color, religion, gender, national origin, citizenship status, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, employment status or any protected federal, state or local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
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