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https://nashvilleradio.clearcompany.com/careers/jobs/0848a484-11eb-e9c9-7fa5-cc2d8df8d991/apply?source=3174945-CS-51721Key qualifications: We’re looking for an innovative and experienced journalist who contributes to a supportive and creative working environment. Diverse experiences, education, and work histories can foster those skills. We’re looking for both experienced editors and people who are ready to take the next step and become an editor. Even if you think you meet most but not all of the qualifications below, we still want to hear from you.
- Impeccable journalistic integrity and judgment.
- Experience working in a newsroom.
- Demonstrated ability to report, write, and edit stories on deadline for multiple platforms, including social media.
- Excellent working knowledge of journalism ethics and AP-style.
- Ability to give constructive feedback and guidance on reporting and writing.
- Detail-oriented with a love for managing collaborative storytelling projects.
- A passion for serving Appalachian and mid-south communities.
- Access to reliable transportation and the ability to travel across the region.
- Must be able to work some non-standard and weekend hours.
Preferred experience:
- Expertise in audio journalism.
- Experience writing and editing news stories for web.
- Knowledge of the ins and outs of regional culture, politics and state governments.
- Understanding of the unique challenges facing Appalachian communities.
- Comfortable leading by influence and collaborating with multiple stakeholders.
If you are a visionary journalist ready to make a lasting impact, we would like to invite you to apply. Please include resume, cover letter, and three work samples (stories or projects you’ve written or edited). For audio work samples, provide links to audio hosted online — do not send attachments via email.
Want to learn more about the job? Sign up for a time to chat with Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom’s Managing Editor, Ryan Van Velzer.
Physical DemandsThe employee in this position is frequently standing, walking, or sitting; using hands to finger, handle, or feel; reaching with hands and arms, and talking or hearing.
Lifts Weight or Exerts Force Work EnvironmentThe employee in this position may regularly lift up to 20 pounds.
VisionSpecific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
About Nashville Public RadioNashville Public Radio serves Middle Tennessee by providing trusted in-depth news, engaging music, and unique cultural programs on 90.3 FM WPLN News, WNXP, Nashville Classical Radio, and our various digital platforms. For more than 60 years, listeners have turned to this community supported service for programming that inspires conversation and curiosity, educates, and entertains. Our values are
- To operate the station at the highest level of professional standards and integrity.
- To be responsive to our listeners, members, supporters, and public.
- To exhibit mutual respect for our peers and audience.
- To value the member and community support that our station receives.
- To work together in an environment that encourages participation and sharing of the decisions that affect the station and our listeners.
WPLN News is the newsroom of Nashville Public Radio, a community-licensed, nonprofit news outlet that strives to cover our region with context, courage and respect. We aim to hold officials accountable and serve audiences that are often underrepresented in positions of power, including people of color, immigrants and those in the working class.
Within the newsroom, our collaborative and diverse team works together to help every journalist realize their potential on the job, while also giving them space to live a full life outside of it. We strive to perform at the highest level: Since 2019, our newsroom has received a Peabody, a national Murrow Award and a Pulitzer finalist nod, as well as the Daniel Schorr Prize for the best public media journalist under 35. And we have ongoing collaborations with outside organizations, including ProPublica, Serial and the local Spanish-language outlet Nashville Noticias, to expand the reach and scope of our journalism.
Nashville Public Radio is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusivity in our hiring. Nashville Public Radio is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.
Nashville Public Radio offers a generous benefit package including medical, vision, dental, and an robust Employee Assistance Program inclusive of six free sessions of counseling each year and basic legal assistance. Long-term disability and life insurance are provided at no cost to employees. We also have up to 40 days of paid parental or medical leave, inclusive for adoptive and/or foster parents.
In addition to these benefits, employees receive vacation and sick leave, access to a 401(k) plan with employer matching, and 13 paid holidays, 2 of which are floating to employee preference.
The job profile is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, and/or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.