High School Sports Reporter

Job Description

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are at the core of our mission to strengthen and empower the communities we serve.

MassLive, the largest news and information website in Massachusetts, is looking for a part-time high school sports reporter to join our team as we expand into the Boston area. Pay is $19 / hour, working 28 hours each week.

We are looking for someone who can work collaboratively alongside our High School Sports team and who can contribute to building our Boston coverage, reporting on some of the biggest schools in the state.

The candidate must be comfortable with writing and reporting from games, gathering data for our high school sports stats platform, coming up with creative storylines and utilizing our position as a digital media outlet to produce multi-dimensional content.

The reporter will be responsible for all aspects of coverage, including rankings for teams and players, breaking news and feature stories.

Ideal candidate will have the following :

• A degree in journalism or communication, or an equivalent education and work experience with proven ability in journalism reporting and writing.
• Minimum of one year of journalism experience with a proven ability in reporting and writing preferred.
• Ability to work independently and remotely under deadline pressure and prioritize tasks appropriately.
• Solid understanding of news writing, reporting, journalistic ethics and story structure.
• Must be able to work nights and some weekends.
• Ability to learn and master the methods and applications used to deliver content across a variety of platforms.
• Ability to leverage relationships with sources to deliver content that differentiates the organization from competitors.
• Mastery of social media and digital interaction.
• Bilingual and multilingual language skills are a plus.
• Comfortability with shooting photo and video; being on camera a plus.

This job requires reliable transportation to meet with sources or cover events.

Position will require attendance for some in office meetings and / or company events.