Portland Biz Journal seeks sustainable biz reporter

The Portland Business Journal is seeking a reporter to cover sustainability, manufacturing and law. This person would take the lead on the Business Journal’s Sustainable Business Oregon digital news product.

This includes writing, compiling and publishing news stories from the sustainability beat daily, and organizing that content for a twice-weekly email newsletter. This individual will also write stories that provide legal analysis on issues of interest to the business community and will cover manufacturing and its economic impact on the region. This individual will also serve as backup to the digital managing editor on an as-needed basis.

The top mission will be to own audience, by every measure. A Portland Business Journal reporter is expected to contribute both short-form (daily online posts) and long-form (print) stories to our news products. Scoops matter. A lot. Specifically, reporters are expected to own their beat audience and drive conversation; use networking events, Twitter, LinkedIn and other community-building outlets to expand and fortify their source pool and audience; work collaboratively with other newsroom staffers to maximize impact and accessibility of stories reported; and meet or exceed goals related to audience engagement.

Required skills:

• Proven ability in reporting and writing.
• Ability to work independently and remotely.
• Ability to break news and to identify newsworthy events and sources.
• Strong analytical and investigative interviewing skills.
• Ability to relate comfortably to a wide range of people, in person and online, and to develop sources and audience.
• Competitive, collaborative, curious.
• Solid understanding of news writing, journalistic ethics and story structure.
• Ability to leverage relationships with sources to deliver content that differentiates the organization from competitors.

Email resume and at least a half-dozen clips to Suzanne Stevens, editor, Portland Business Journal, sstevens@bizjournals.com. Email is preferred, but hard copies can be sent to 851 S.W. Sixth Ave., Suite 500, Portland, OR 97204.