• Job Description

  Req#: 5001040667006

  Job Description

  Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are at the core of our mission to strengthen and empower the communities we serve.

  Cleveland.com has an opening for a job covering the Ohio State Buckeyes. We are looking for a seasoned, aggressive, innovative reporter to join our team for year-round coverage. This position will work to stay ahead of the competition by breaking news, but also be able to spot trends, produce deep analysis and commentary across platforms, and write compelling feature stories. Staying on top of news and local/national opinion on the beat is a must. You will lead discussions with the audience, answer questions and comments, engage with social media - and possibly represent the company on TV or radio.

  EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

  • Proven experience covering a beat and building, maintaining and engaging an active audience.
  • Ability to work under deadline pressure and prioritize tasks appropriately.
  • Solid understanding of news writing, journalistic ethics and story structure.
  • Experience with search engine optimization practices.
  • Experience providing sharp analysis and entertaining content on podcasts.
  • Experience taking photo, recording audio and video with ability to edit.
  • Experience with using social media to source and promote content a plus.
  • Basic HTML or equivalent web language a plus.
  • Demonstrated capability in capitalizing on high-value topics by engaging audiences in frequency and urgency.
  • Understanding imperatives of multiple platforms -- print, mobile, Internet, etc.
  • Mastery of social media and digital interaction.
  • Proven ability to utilize a broad set of tools to tell stories and engage the audience.
  • Keeps abreast of industry advances and proactively considers new methods of reaching audiences including engaging, interactive and optimized product offerings.

  DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

  1. Gather information and write journalistically sound news elements for use in all media platforms, existing and future, that is:

  • Balanced and factual
  • Timely and topical
  • Well-sourced and contextually correct
  • Frequent, incremental posting throughout the day
  • Story aggregation and topical link-posting
  • Monitoring and engaging in reader comment streams on Local Market Website impact pages
  • Elevating comments into new posts when appropriate
  • Interacting on social media platforms, with story shares, objective commentary, and promoting the news organization's content initiatives
  • Understanding and employing the means for monitoring audience interest and competitors' posting on your topic, including setting up Google alerts, Twitter and RSS feeds
  • Taking photographs and short video, and posting it to the web as well as uploading to any internal production systems
  • Using laptops and smartphones for remote web reporting
  • Using the Arc content management systems, and any future CMS

  1. Work independently and remotely, while maintaining operational communication with editor and, when applicable, production center.

  1. Working knowledge and use of the hardware, software and cloud-based equipment and systems for direct-to-web production and engagement, including but not limited to:

  • Understand our news organization's audience traffic tracking systems and analytical reports.

  1. Other duties as assigned.

  Additional Information

  Advance Local Media offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package with affordable options for your healthcare including medical, dental and vision plans, mental health support options, flexible spending accounts, fertility assistance, a competitive 401(k) plan to help plan for your future, generous paid time off, paid parental and caregiver leave and an employee assistance program to support your work/life balance, optional legal assistance, life insurance options, as well as flexible holidays to honor cultural diversity.

  Advance Ohio is a digitally focused company that operates cleveland.com and Sun News and is responsible for multimedia ad sales, marketing and content for The Plain Dealer, Sun News, and cleveland.com.

  Advance Ohio is a part of Advance Local Media, one of the largest media groups in the United States, which operates the leading news and information companies in more than 20 cities, reaching 58+ million people monthly with our quality, real-time journalism and community engagement. Our company is built upon the values of Integrity, Customer-first, Inclusiveness, Collaboration and Forward-looking. For more information about Advance Local, please visit www.advancelocal.com.

  Advance Local Media is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment, and is proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state or local law.

  If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

  Advance Local does not provide sponsorship for work visas or employment authorization in the United States. Only candidates who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. will be considered for this position.

• About the company

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