The Nashville Post is looking to add to its team a business reporter to cover Middle Tennessee’s vibrant health care and technology sectors.
If you’re interested based on the description below, please reach out to Editor Geert De Lombaerde.
As a key part of the Post’s editorial team, the reporter will have wide-ranging responsibilities related to both our digital and magazine products. The reporter will be expected to communicate regularly with teammates about website content and contribute to our magazines, including by attending planning meetings.
The reporter’s coverage areas each will have more specific needs than are outlined here and that may evolve over time. In addition, the reporter will be expected to take on general assignment-type stories for the site.
Health Care
The reporter will:
• Lead the Post’s coverage of Middle Tennessee’s expansive health care sector, which includes publicly traded industry leaders, middle-market companies that provide care or have developed services and technology to help those who do, and the region’s health care startup scene
• Network with leaders in the various industry segments and cultivate relationships beneficial both to news coverage and our fall Vitals magazine
• Be the lead writer for Vitals, contributing a range of big-picture and company profile stories
Technology
The reporter will:
• Lead the Post’s coverage of Middle Tennessee’s technology sector, focusing on businesses outside of health care IT and including both startups and large corporations
• Be the point person for company and personnel news and network through trade associations and key industry players with an eye to helping develop coverage plans for our spring Techie magazine
• Be the lead writer for Techie, contributing a range of big-picture and company profile stories
General Assignment
The reporter will:
• Write up personnel announcements, acquisition stories, real estate deals and other business stories as needed
• Be one of the Post’s primary point people for social media activity. This involves posting stories not behind our paywall to Twitter and Facebook and keeping an eye on Post mentions and comments on our postings
Workday structure
• The reporter’s typical day is from 8:30 to 5:30 (which includes time for lunch), although that will vary depending on event coverage and other factors. Because the reporter is expected to prepare content for the Post’s morning email alerts, there may also be times the reporter will need to work in the evening or before 8 a.m.
