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Senior Reporter - Professional in Residence
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Position Number: 5858339
Location: Syracuse, NY
Position Type: Public Relations, Marketing and Communications

Senior Reporter - Professional in Residence

Job #: 041521
Location Syracuse, NY
Pay Range: $65,000 - $71,750
Hours: Standard University business hours:

8:30am - 5:00pm (academic year)
8:00am - 4:30pm (summer)

Participates in rotating on-call schedule for the newsroom and works occasional weekends for breaking news, station events, editing, and training.
Job Type: Full-time

Job Description:
Under direction of the news director, this role collaborates in story idea generation and production of audio, digital and video content for WAER Syracuse Public Media. They also serve as liaison and mentor to students at the Newhouse School who are collaborating with WAER-FM. The Senior reporter / professional in residence expands expands the reach/coverage abilities of the WAER newsroom and plays a role in student mentoring, recruitment, training, and professional development.

This critical journalist monitors news trends and stays on top of regional topics that contribute to listenership and statewide partners; builds and maintains a community around a beat locally, statewide and nationally; connects with private and government organizations, individuals and experts within Central New York (CNY), and statewide decision makers who impact our region; covers breaking news in CNY and beyond (outside the scope of the beat and standard 9-5 business hours as needed); and actively participates in WAER fundraising campaigns/community events. This individual contributes daily story ideas, experiments with innovative storytelling techniques, and develops distinctive audio/digital stories focused on the WAER listening area, with statewide and national context/impact.

Qualifications:

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Responsibilities:

Produce news content across multiple platforms for WAER, an NPR affiliate station at Syracuse University. Story content will focus on local interests to Central New York residents for radio, web, social media, etc.
Research, vet, pitch, report and produce a mix of daily news, two-ways and features for radio, web (waer.org), and social media.
Gather, write, edit, voice and report live, when necessary, for daily newscasts.
Produce audio, digital and video stories, and content for all platforms (radio, web, social media, etc.).
Develop distinctive audio and digital stories focused on the WAER listening area, with statewide and national context and impact. Fill-in host/anchor duties when needed.
Collaborate on story ideas with News Director for professional staff and student reporters.
Monitor news trends and stay on top of regional topics that contribute to the greater Syracuse listenership and our statewide partners.
Build and maintain a community around a beat (locally, statewide, and nationally). That includes connecting with private and government organizations, individuals, and experts within Central New York, as well as statewide decision makers who impact our region.
Build a network of informational sources to provide a pipeline of exclusive and compelling stories toward the NPR Driveway Moment brand.
Consistently meeting news deadlines.
Attend community events to both build topic knowledge and sources and represent the station in community engagement.
Serve as mentor to Newhouse students who are working at or collaborating with WAER, and work in partnership with them.
Leverage the alignment of WAER under the Newhouse School's umbrella to create new opportunities for student content to be distributed via WAER's platforms.
Help guide student growth, story, and skill development, professionally edit student content, and otherwise assist in their professional development.
Assists in student recruiting, training, and retention, along with other News Department staff.
This role also has the opportunity to teach in the Newhouse School as an adjunct, building a teaching resume, with management approval and not to interfere with regular duties.
Other duties as assigned in, but not limited to WAER news department, including assistance with station fundraising, and production assistance for marketing and underwriting

About Syracuse University:
Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a global footprint, and nearly 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience.

The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors and 100 minors offered through 13 schools and colleges; nearly 15,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit www.syracuse.edu.

About the Syracuse area:
Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal.

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To apply, visit https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/107843

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