Upstate Biz Journal seeks senior biz reporter

The Upstate Business Journal is seeking a seasoned reporter to cover the dynamic business community of Upstate South Carolina, focusing primarily on the counties of Greenville and Spartanburg.

We need a writer with proven experience at source building and enterprise reporting, who can produce breaking and in-depth business coverage with the drive and curiosity to find the great stories no one else is telling.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Journalism or related field with minimum three years business reporting experience in a newspaper setting. (Comparable education and experience considered).

Proficient at reporting and writing news in a multi-platform environment, including print, online and other virtual publications.

Ability to cover spot news with enterprise angles on deadline.

Strong analytical and investigative interviewing skills.

Proficiency using social media to source and promote content.

Competitive, collaborative, curious.

Role Snapshot

Produce spot news, enterprise and feature stories for the Upstate Business Journal, both digital and print. Contribute short-form (daily online posts) and long-form (print) stories to our news products.

This individual will also play an active role in planning content and shaping the print and digital products into the prime, must-read news sources for the Upstate business community.

Duties:

Story production for daily digital and weekly print news publications; spot news, enterprise and feature.

Regular collaboration with UBJ and GJ news writers, editors and freelancers.

Use networking events, social media, LinkedIn and other outlets to build your source pool and audience.

About Us:

The Upstate Business Journal is a niche business news magazine published daily via Web and mobile device and weekly via print magazine (40,000 target distribution). UBJ is published by Community Journals LLC, a local media company based in Greenville, S.C. Other publications include The Greenville Journal (a metropolitan community weekly), TOWN and At Home magazines, Behind the Counter and Do Downtown.

Greenville is a vibrant city featuring an award-winning downtown, miles of greenways, more than 400 acres of park space and thriving, walkable neighborhoods. You’ll find 99 indie restaurants in a 10-block stretch of downtown and a 60-foot waterfall framed by a suspension bridge just off Main Street. Greenville County (population 451,000) is home to more than 50 Fortune 500 companies, including 3M, Lockheed and GE, and is nurturing a new generation of businesses in technology, auto manufacturing and the biosciences.

EOE. Health benefits and 401K plan. Send resume with references, contact information and work samples to Susan Clary Simmons, Executive Editor, at ssimmons@communityjournals.com. No phone calls please.