The City Government Reporter is responsible for covering a multitude of topics, notably public policy, public safety, budgeting and taxpayer spending, and local government such as city councils, county commissions and school boards. This reporter will also handle breaking news, features and general assignments, including business coverage and other issues, as assigned.

A key component of this job is to regularly produce enterprise and feature stories, including in-depth analysis and investigative reporting. Your priority will be pursuing accountability journalism.

This position is physically based in Denver. Candidates from out of state must be willing to relocate to metro Denver.

Salary Range:$26.44 To $31.25 Hourly

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Write daily stories focused on local public policy
Produce enterprise stories about public safety, local governments and other issues, as assigned
Pursue human-interest feature stories, as assigned
Pursue breaking news stories
Pursue court stories, as assigned
Convey news and tell stories using multiple tools, including social media, photos and video
Develop a wide range of sources in any given beat
Collaborate and maintain strong working relationships with staff at The Denver Gazette, Colorado Politics and the Colorado Springs Gazette
Coordinate with colleagues on content, visual, digital and audience operations to present and promote stories
Ensure that journalism standards are followed, notably accuracy and objectivity
Consistently meet deadlines
Serve as liaison for customers, sources and other community members

Other Duties:

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Minimum Education & Work Experience Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Journalism or mass communications.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee may frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately noisy.

About Us

The Denver Gazette launched as a full-service digital newspaper in 2020 to serve Denver and Colorado by reporting local news in a fair, balanced and objective way. We are committed to wide coverage of city, state, rural, political, investigative, sports, and feature stories. We believe that by bringing together the community’s voices, commentary and journalism in a daily package, we provide an irreplaceable public service that is essential to healthy government.

The Denver Gazette and The Colorado Springs Gazette are published by The Colorado Springs Gazette, LLC, a privately held, wholly owned subsidiary of Clarity Media Group, Inc. and part of The Anschutz Corporation’s portfolio of global business holdings.

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