Journalist

• Break news and deliver exclusive reporting on developments across the energy industry.
• Cover a broad range of topics including oil and gas operations, markets, corporate strategy, M&A, finance, policy, technology, and energy transition trends.
• Produce quick-turn news stories, feature articles, enterprise reporting, and analytical pieces.
• Build and maintain relationships with executives, investors, analysts, regulators, and industry stakeholders.
• Monitor company filings, earnings reports, transactions, commodity markets, regulatory developments, and industry data to identify stories ahead of competitors.
• Generate original story ideas that align with audience interests and evolving industry priorities.
• Collaborate with editors, audience teams, and fellow journalists to shape coverage and maximize impact.
• Contribute to newsletters, social media promotion, and digital publishing initiatives.
• Participate in Hart Energy conferences, webinars, podcasts, awards programs, and other editorial events as needed.
• Stay informed about technological innovation, market dynamics, policy developments, and forces reshaping the energy sector.

Reporter – Energy Markets, Industry Coverage

• Pitch and write 3 to 5 stories a day based on what's trending in local market(s)
• Report quickly, clearly and accurately and deliver news via stories, video, newsletters, social media platforms or any other methods available to reach new audiences.
• Identify top news stories of the day based on analytics and audience potential.
• Quickly recognize and jump on breaking news for assigned markets and coordinate with other Hearst newspapers regionally.
• Work with local and regional editors as well as the Hearst development team to experiment with new ways of finding and engaging new audiences on social platforms and alternative story forms.
• Create and maintain a steady supply of sources for story ideas that allows a depth of ideas each day that can provide different options to choose from.
• Be familiar with contact information for various agencies to obtain information as quickly as possible.
• Pitch and create alternative forms of content, including listicles, slideshows, and timelines.
• Work with other newsroom staff on shared byline projects as necessary.

Digital Reporter

• Break news and develop exclusive reporting on upstream oil and gas companies, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and capital markets activity
• Cover major shale basins and the operators, investors, and service providers active within them
• Track E&P company strategies, drilling programs, production trends, reserve growth, and operational performance
• Monitor SEC filings, investor presentations, earnings calls, regulatory filings, and transaction announcements for story opportunities
• Develop and maintain a robust network of sources among executives, dealmakers, investors, analysts, private equity firms, bankers, attorneys, and industry consultants
• Produce timely breaking news, analytical features, and data-driven enterprise reporting
• Identify emerging trends in consolidation, private capital deployment, infrastructure investment, and technological innovation
• Collaborate with editors, newsletter teams, podcast producers, and event staff to extend coverage across platforms
• Represent Hart Energy at conferences, industry events, panels, webinars, and executive forums
• Use audience analytics and digital publishing tools to optimize story performance and reader engagement

Senior Reporter, Shale/A&D

• Pitch, research, and report local news stories for TV and digital
• Conduct interviews and gather information from diverse sources
• Write, shoot, voice, and edit news packages
• Engage audiences through social media and web platforms
• Collaborate with producers and news managers to shape coverage
• Uphold journalistic standards and editorial integrity
• Take on additional responsibilities as assigned to support team and station goals.

MultiMedia Journalist

• Gather and verify information through interviews, observation and research ensuring that the news reported remains objective and balanced
• Monitor sources for breaking news, e.g., wires and social media
• Plan, write, edit, and voice news broadcasts
• Finalize content using digital audio editing software
• Maintain crucial deadlines in order to provide news stories in a timely fashion
• Repackage content from producers and field reporters for newscasts
• Identify technical equipment and resource requirements for recording interviews and other audio material
• Produce features and interviews as assigned
• May specialize in a particular field of news broadcasting (e.g. political, traffic, finance or military)
• Prepare written content, visual images, audio material and video footage for websites, blogs or other social-media platforms

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