Sacramento Bee seeks a breaking news reporter

The Sacramento Bee seeks a breaking news reporter who enjoys waking up in the morning ready to pounce on news.

In this role, you will need to:

• Be competitive, urgent and productive. Report and write quickly and thoroughly.
• Understand our breaking news protocols.
•  Be first, be accurate, be smart.
• Develop connections with key sources we rely on for information, and expand that source base to provide complete stories.
• Focus on audience first and always, with a commitment to tactics that grow readership.
• Develop engaging multimedia storytelling.
• Demonstrate a command of audience analytics and knowledge of the tactics that deliver results.
• Demonstrate speed, competitiveness and SEO savvy.
• Work closely with editors, and collaborate with visual editors and our audience growth team.
• Work well in a team environment.

The successful candidate should meet the following requirements:

• Two years of reporting experience.
• Strong reporting and writing skills, excellent news judgment and a demonstrated ability to “see the story” that is going to matter to readers.
• Unwavering commitment to accurate, ethical journalism.
• Ability to work collaboratively to aggressively tackle stories.
• Comfort with a job that will be demanding, fast-paced and constantly evolving.
• College degree or equivalent work experience.

The anticipated base pay range is between $27.18 and $31.00 per hour. 

To apply, include a cover letter, your resume and examples of your work that show your editing direction and efforts.

For further details click here.