Buffalo News seeks a business of health care reporter

The Buffalo News seeks a reporter to cover how the health care industry is reshaping Western New York.

Buffalo is a city experiencing an economic revival. At the center of the story is a burgeoning medical sector with big, competitive employers, startups seeking to capitalize on medical innovation and a growing medical campus. How the pandemic remakes the region’s health care business will impact its future.

This is a competitive, enterprise beat that requires versatility and good sourcing. The ideal candidates should be as comfortable writing stories about how health and life sciences is changing the city’s economy to chronicling the way neighborhoods are changing because of medical campus development.

Candidates should have significant enterprise reporting experience using interviews, public records and data to identify stories and trends, as well as a proven ability to break news, turn around in-depth stories on tight deadlines and juggle the demands of reaching a digital audience. This reporter should have clips that show a knack for explaining why it all matters and providing the bigger context.

The Buffalo News is an award-winning news organization with the largest staff of journalists in the region. We have a history of breaking the area’s big stories and investing in the stories that matter.

Why Buffalo? The region is a lot more than chicken wings and the Buffalo Bills. The city has seen a resurgence that makes it an exciting time to work and live here. The city has professional sports teams, a philharmonic, a growing waterfront, a burgeoning medical campus and plenty of attitude. Not to mention Niagara Falls, beautiful hikes and ski slopes all within a short drive.

Send cover letter, resume and clips to recruiter@buffnews.com.