Reporter, Rapid Investigation

The Athletic

Remote regions

US Canada

Salary range

$80,000–$120,000/yr

Benefits

3w PTO 20w maternity

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About the Role:

  • Skilled, motivated reporters to join its rapid-response investigative unit.
  • Adept at quickly jumping on a story, finding angles of pursuit and capable of producing quality work on deadline.
  • Lead or contribute to longer investigations that stem from that rapid work.

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience in journalism.
  • Proven mastery of journalistic standards, including accuracy, fairness and other critical values.
  • Understands sensitive subjects and source vetting.

Responsibilities:

  • Balance short- and long-term projects.
  • Utilize a creative approach to story ideation and formats.
  • Generate executable story and project ideas.

The Athletic

The Athletic delivers in-depth coverage of sports teams, sports, and athletes. The newsroom consists of 500+ full-time staff and covers hundreds of professional and college teams across North American markets and many football clubs in the English Premier League.

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