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Offer: Enterprise Reporter, Health:WFYIJob description: Enterprise Reporter, Health Listing description POSITION PURPOSE The Enterprise Reporter, Health will be part of our mission to reach more people with news they can use to navigate their lives. The award-winning WFYI newsroom fills news gaps, makes complicated things easy to understand, exposes policy inequities and answers audience questions. Information technology is also home to statewide, regional, and national journalism collaborations. this function is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is part of our Midwest public health reporting collaboration Side Effects Public Media. Information technology reports everyday and in-depth journalism to explain public health policies meant to serve everyone --- where they succeed, where they fail, and efforts to fix them. This is a mission-critical function for our newsroom, as Indiana and other Midwestern states continue to rank among the lowest in the country for all major health issues - including rural health care access, maternal mortality, substance use disorder and life span. The Enterprise Reporter, Health, will develop sources, uncover gaps and solutions, show why they matter, and empower people to address them. The function will have the support of our news and community engagement teams - including the health editor, the local and regional health teams, a community engagement health specialist, the digital team, and a data journalist. Reporting tasks will include finding and producing multiplatform stories that make an impact. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES To be prosperous in this function, an individual must be able to execute in a satisfactory manner the essential functions and responsibilities listed below. We will make reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to execute these functions. Essential functions » Report stories that center people with lived practice and use clear, concise writing to explain the circumstances and why they matter. » Widen the view of reporting as necessary for our state, regional and national audiences. » Work with our community engagement team to discover new stories and angles that ensure we are reporting for communities, not on communities. » Attend weekly news meetings and pitch everyday and enterprise stories for multiplatform publication - including radio, podcast, web, newsletter, YouTube, and social media platforms. » Cultivate skills and sources in public health, health care and health policy. » Schedule flexibility (some evening, weekend, breaking news, and holiday work). » Value, contribute to, and sustain WFYI's commitment to representing the rich diversity that is our community and amplifying the stories that represent the practices of all. EDUCATION AND/OR practice to execute this job prosperously, an individual must have the following education and/or practice unless otherwise noted below. Required: » Bachelor's degree in communication, journalism, or equivalent in practice and education. » Has held reporting functions that demonstrate the capability to turn a story quickly, the capability to report in-depth journalism and the capability to deliver continuing coverage. » practice reporting intentionally for multiple platforms.? » expertise of how to build a beat and how to source and find stories. » Demonstrated proficiency in AP Style. » capability to excel in a collaborative team environment with a high level of personal motivation. » capability to work simultaneously on short and long-term projects. Preferred: » practice in health policy reporting. » practice in photography, video, and data visualization. » Previous work in both broadcast and digital news reporting. » Familiar with community engagement journalism. » Previous work in collaborations. Organization: WFYI Job Job location: Indianapolis, IN United States Job Job Category: Reporting Employment Type: Full time Send Application Materials To: Click Here to Apply for Enterprise Reporter, Health Website: WFYI.org Email address: E-Mail: hnorthup@wfyi.org Job Field: Radio and Television
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