<p>Overall Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Identify business news and trends relevant to Rhode Island-based readers </li><li>Responsible for developing multiple reporting beat areas </li><li>Contribute to PBN's daily news coverage and regularly produce enterprise and assigned stories for PBN print publications </li><li>Provide photos when able and needed </li><li>Collaborate with editorial staff to ensure seamless and comprehensive news coverage between digital, print, and social media </li></ul> <p>Specific Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Develop assigned PBN news beats </li><li>Cultivate and maintain local and regional news sources, leads and story ideas </li><li>Regularly contribute to PBN online daily news report while producing enterprise and assigned news features for biweekly print publication and PBN special publications </li><li>Produce weekly or biweekly beat-related e-newsletter. </li><li>Follow recurring print deadline schedule, working closely with supervising editors </li><li>Attend news-based community functions and events as needed </li><li>Track beat-related news developments throughout the state and region </li><li>Adheres to company and departmental policies </li><li>Adheres to standard practices and ethical standards of the industry </li><li>Positive representative of department, company and industry at all times </li><li>Communicate professionally with the public via phone, email and face-to-face interaction </li><li>Communicates information to the appropriate individuals and/or departments in a timely manner, such as news tips, source suggestions or real or potential customer-relations issues </li><li>Works in cooperation with all members of company in general and Editorial Department in particular </li><li>All other duties as assigned </li></ul> <p>Qualifications</p> <p>Behavior: Team player. Respectful of people's time and their responsibilities. Conducts self in a manner that enhances yourself and WCI. Self-starter. Trustworthy. Highly motivated. Curious. Maintains a valid driver's license.</p> <p>Skills: Exceptional communication skills. Ability to consistently produce content that is clean, compelling and accurate. Strong writing skills. Tech savvy. Works well on daily and long-term deadlines. Understands reporting ethics. Familiar with AP style and WordPress. Skilled at managing time and competing priorities.</p> <p>Knowledge: College degree in journalism or related field. At least two years full-time journalism experience preferred. Comfortable with social media, such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram, with the desire to explore new platforms.</p>