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Higher Education Reporter
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| Requirement ID |
41187
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| Begin Date |
5/26/09 |
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| Location |
Christiansburg,
VA
24073
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| Description |
The higher education reporter leads our coverage of colleges and universities, with a special focus on Virginia Tech and Radford University . The beat includes covering breaking news and live events, writing quick features and in-depth centerpieces. This job requires significant organization and collaboration with editors and a keen understanding of the issues facing higher education both regionally and nationally. It will be based in our New River Valley bureau in Christiansburg, Virginia.
Essential duties and responsibilities:
Develop sources and cover Virginia Tech, the regions biggest newsmaker, better than our competitors
Develop sources and cover Radford University.
Regularly break news about events, trends or research happening at Tech and Radford.
Expand stories affecting Virginia Tech or Radford to include other schools in the region
Collaborate with photographers, artists and team leaders to develop breakouts and visual elements that help tell the story.
Remain on top of national and regional trends that affect higher education, and bring those to life in Southwest Virginia
Understand the financial issues facing college administrators and students families, and be able to explain those to our readers
Serve as a general assignment reporter and a back-up to other reporters as needed
Skills and qualifications:
Demonstrated solid news judgment
Works well with editors and other reporters
Proven ability to write clearly, tightly and accurately
Skilled at organization, on deadline and on short notice
Understands how the Web can be used to improve reporting.
Ability to develop long-term and short-term projects, and to balance the work on those projects with daily duties
Ability to operate as comfortably in the presidents boardroom as in college social settings.
Bachelors degree
Minimum of five years of daily newspaper reporting experience.
Application deadline: June 12. In addition to applying online, please submit a cover letter and clips to chris.winston@roanoke.com
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| Required Skills |
Demonstrated solid news judgment
Works well with editors and other reporters
Proven ability to write clearly, tightly and accurately
Skilled at organization, on deadline and on short notice
Understands how the Web can be used to improve reporting.
Ability to develop long-term and short-term projects, and to balance the work on those projects with daily duties
Ability to operate as comfortably in the presidents boardroom as in college social settings
Bachelors degree
Minimum of five years of daily newspaper reporting experience. |
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