News Reporter

Gulfshore Business seeks a news reporter to cover the Lee County business community and city/county government. The ideal candidate should understand the Fort Myers/Lee County business landscape and the importance of local city/county government news with the ability to write clean copy on deadline that’s accurate, thorough, concise and thought provoking.

Responsibilities:

• Meet daily, weekly and monthly deadlines
• Attend and cover city/county government meetings
• Dig underneath the words of city/county government agendas to find what’s really coming up at government meetings
• Develop long-form enterprise pieces
• Cultivate and maintain a network of sources and relationships with key players in our community
  
  

The ideal candidate will have:

• A bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field and five years of experience working in daily or weekly newsroom environments
• A working knowledge of AP Style
• Exceptional writing and editing skills with the ability to produce content that is fair, accurate and thorough
• A demonstrated ability to dig deeper into important stories with a thirst for digging through documents and building sources
• A willingness to tackle any assignment, from daily news to monthly features
• The ability to work well with a team of seasoned journalists
  
  

Benefits:

Full-time employees are eligible to participate in all company benefit plans, including:

• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance and HSA
• 1st of the month after 30 days of employment
• Subject to plan terms
• Eligibility for company-paid benefits such as life insurance & EAP and employee-paid benefits such as short-term disability
• PTO – Earned on Accrual Basis
• Company-Paid Holidays
• 401(k)
  
  

Southwest Florida is often praised as being one of the healthiest and happiest places in the world with miles of white-sand beaches and a dynamic community. Broadcast Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are a drug-free and smoke-free environment.

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