Torrington Telegram seeks a general assignment reporter

If you are passionate about small-town, community journalism and are looking to reside in one of the west’s most open and beautiful areas, we have an excellent job opportunity for the right person in southeast Wyoming.

Wyoming Newspapers, Inc. operates six community newspapers in southeast Wyoming. With a weekly combined circulation of 10,000, we are looking for a new and enthusiastic reporter to aide the award-winning newspapers editorial content. Southeastern Wyoming is home to premier agricultural lands and is an outdoor enthusiast’s dream with plenty of hiking, hunting, fishing, photography and other year-round opportunities. Our growing communities offer the perfect environment with a low cost of living — including no state income tax.

We’re looking for a new and enthusiastic reporter to join our award-winning newspaper’s editorial staff. Our reporters are instrumental in writing stories — news, sports and features — taking quality photos and paginating pages utilizing Adobe Creative Suite on occasion. Reporters also play a role with special projects in conjunction with sister publications in nearby communities.

Our growing communities offer the perfect environment. If you’re a reporter who misses the days of independence from the corporate giants, agonizes over the trend of cookie-cutter designs that many newspapers have adopted, we may have the opportunity you seek. We believe strong community newspapers lead the way and our news content and our editorial page backs up our passion for local news. We are fiercely independent and our content platform is nearly all local news with every issue. We also publish several special sections.

Expectations:

• Knowledge of overall newspaper business
• Deadline driven
• Strong editing, writing, designing and pagination skills
• Effective time management and organizational skills
• Strong editorial writing skills; Also basic newswriting and photography required.

Send your resume and a quick paragraph that leaves no doubt why you’re the right candidate to: Rob Mortimore, publisher, at rmort@torringtontelegram.com.

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