Reporter-Editor
The Canadian Press
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Calgary • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Write, edit and gather content for CP’s various services, including print, audio and video
- Come up with new and creative ways to tell stories on all platforms
- Generate original story ideas, projects and exclusives
- Find and report stories of provincial and national interest
- Work creatively and concisely under tight deadline pressure
- Work independently but also pitch in to help the team when needed
- Edit and improve colleagues’ work
- Occasional shift work may be required, including evenings and weekends
- Occasional travel
Requirements
- Experience working in a real-time, digital newsroom
- Solid news judgment
- Excellent writing skills
- Superior research skills
- Ability to write and edit copy to the standards in the CP Stylebook
- Ability to work under extreme deadline pressure
- Experience using different news platforms, including broadcast and video
- Detail-oriented, with the ability to organize time and workflow effectively
- Experience in political reporting is an asset
- Bilingualism is an asset
- Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination (or scheduled appointment) required unless accommodated for medical or religious reasons
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
writingeditingresearchstory generationcopywritingpolitical reporting
Soft skills
creativitytime managementdetail-orientedteam collaborationability to work under pressure
Certifications
COVID-19 vaccination