Position is temporarily remote home-based
The business/economic development reporter tracks our major industries and our community’s efforts to bring more high-paying jobs and tax-paying industries to Fort Worth and Tarrant County. This includes news about new or potential economic development projects, our community’s strategies to attract and retain high-paying jobs, what businesses are growing, who is hiring or laying off, who is benefitting from the development and who is not, and issues regarding workforce
development/preparedness. The beat includes downtown development and redevelopment, as well.
The businesses/economic development reporter is a part of the Star-Telegram’s Crossroads Lab, a group of reporters funded through philanthropic partnerships to examine our community’s challenges and opportunities with a goal of raising awareness and engagement around matters key to the success of our community and the entirety of its diverse population, with an emphasis on solutions-based reporting.
This reporter will provide thoroughly reported enterprise stories regarding business and economic development issues while also tracking breaking news and day-to-day developments related to the beat.
The reporter’s work will help make the community aware of opportunities to engage, and the reporter will help arrange and participate in community engagement events such as listening tours, panel discussions and forums with stakeholders in our business community. These events could be virtual and/or in-person when it is safe.
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To apply, go here.
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