WBEZ-FM 91.5

Journalist

• Cover the Illinois Legislature for WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times and provide daily news and enterprise work for Illinois Public Radio
• Based in Springfield, working from the Capitol; occasionally report from Chicago and collaborate with other reporters
• Report, write and produce stories for broadcast and digital platforms, including daily news items, feature stories, projects, podcasts, on-air discussions and live events
• Collaborate with an editor and colleagues to research, pitch, conceptualize, report and produce stories
• Generate story and project ideas for multiple platforms
• Participate in special projects and perform other station duties as necessary
• Develop big-picture approaches to covering issues while executing the many small tasks involved in reporting
• Represent Chicago Public Media to internal and external audiences

Bureau Reporter

Platform Engineer

• Design, build, and maintain pipelines and tools to ensure organizational data flows reliably and is ready for use in CRM, ESP, donation, and analytics systems.
• Build and maintain ETL pipelines using Python and SQL to move data between internal systems and external platforms (e.g., CRMs, ESPs).
• Ensure data reliability and integrity across systems and develop automated validation and alerting.
• Troubleshoot issues across platforms and contribute to root cause analysis and long-term solutions.
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
• Participate in monitoring, performance tuning, and refactoring of existing data flows.
• Help maintain and extend internal tools that support data operations and stakeholder reporting needs.
• Document systems, processes, and logic to ensure knowledge sharing and continuity.

Bureau Reporter

Data Platform Engineer