Southern Adirondacks/Community Engagement Reporter

North Country Public Radio is seeking acreative, ambitious, and talented reporter to join our award-winning,nationally recognized news team. This position is centered in Glens Falls, NY,a growing city with tons of new energy, reporting stories from places acrossthe southern Adirondacks and Champlain Valley, from Ticonderoga to Minerva toNorth Creek to Lake George. Join a hardworking news team working in ageographically diverse region, from rolling hills and farmland in the St.Lawrence River and Thousand Islands, to the Adirondack Mountains, the Tug HillPlateau, and Akwesasne Mohawk territory. Annual salary is $62,353.20.

We tell the stories of the people who livein our region in eye- and ear-catching ways, challenging our assumptions andnurturing our curiosity. We dig deep and seek out the voices of people whohavent been heard from a range of backgrounds. Our news team is a supportiveand creative group of people who nurture each other. Our mottos are get out ofthe building and have more fun!

Headquartered at St. Lawrence Universityin Canton, NY, NCPR is in a beautiful part of the country, including theAdirondack Mountains, the St. Lawrence River, Lake Champlain, Fort Drum Armybase, Akwesasne Mohawk territory, and nearby urban areas in Burlington,Vermont, and Ottawa and Montreal, Canada.

Our reporters cover the critical issuesfacing our communities, including criminal justice and prison reform, policing,border and immigration, economic development, rural health care, agriculture,climate change, native issues, and much more.

Primary Responsibilities include:

• Generalassignment reporter to cover the southern Adirondack region.
• Produce newsstories for broadcast, digital, and social media platforms that serve themission of the news department to provide coverage of issues of regionalimportance.
• Establish amini-beat to dig deeper.
• Enterprising andself-motivated, able to work on their own, and with a team.
• Manage the newsteams community engagement efforts, reaching out and listening to NorthCountry residents to help develop deeper stories at the earliest stages ofreporting.
• Using the650-member NCPR Texting Club (based in the Groundsource platform) and otherengagement tools, work with the news team to seed story ideas and callouts.
• Support otherreporters in their callouts and community engagement efforts.
• Encouraged tofile national stories with NPR and other public media outlets.
• Work closelywith editors and fellow reporters to produce your best work.
• Collaborate withthe news team on special projects and investigative journalism.
• Approximately65% of time spent doing traditional reporting; 35% spent doing communityengagement work.

NOTE: This position is based in GlensFalls. This is a remote work position with occasional travel and work time inthe main NCPR headquarters station in Canton, N.Y. Annual salary is $62,353.20

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 2years reporting experience, preferably in public radio.
• Strongbackground in journalism for radio and digital platforms
• Excellentwriting skills for broadcast and web
• Ability to worksuccessfully from home/remote office, various hours, including nights andweekends, depending on assignment
• Valid Driverslicense and vehicle

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience withcommunity engagement journalism and knowledge of tools and best practices.
• Experience usingthe Groundsource text-based platform.
• Ability torecord and gather high-quality audio in the field
• Ability to useaudio editing systems, such as Adobe Audition
• Expertise inmulti-media skills, including photography, visual journalism, data-basedreporting, social media engagement, etc.

Interestedapplicants must apply online at . Reviewof applications will begin immediately and continue until the position isfilled. Questions about the position may be directed to David Sommerstein,Director of Local news & Content ( ... ). Alloffers of employment are contingent upon the finalist successfully passing abackground (including criminal records) check.

Alloffers of employment are contingent upon the finalist successfully passing abackground (including criminal records) check.

NCPR is an Equal Opportunity Employer.Find us at .