We’re looking for reporters.
Have you worked in a newsroom and know how to write news stories with accuracy and precision?
Do you care about the community?
Do you know your way around an inverted pyramid?
If you answered these questions with “yes,” keep reading.
Journalistic skills may seem pretty commonplace, especially to those of us who’ve worked in newsrooms.
But, as we’re discovering in our quest to find more reporting talent, writing and interviewing skills are no longer taught at many schools.
Thus far, most of the job candidates we’ve spoken to don’t know how to write news stories. Some don’t know how to write at all.
With fewer schools covering fundamental concepts of the news profession, fewer candidates qualify for these jobs. And the rest look for marketing or broadcast jobs. Sorry, but — yawn — those are the boring jobs.
Adventure and a future of endless opportunities await in the newsroom.
If you have experience as a reporter; if you know how to cover a beat; if you can write well, with accuracy and precision, and turn it in fast on deadline, we’re interested in talking to you soon.
Being based in Traverse City, with its picturesque setting on Grand Traverse Bay with the beauty of Lake Michigan in a region renowned for its gorgeous vistas and vast range of outdoor pursuits, is a major selling point for us.
If someone moved here to kick back and found retirement is not quite what it was cracked up to be, working here will liven things up pretty quick. It’s an amazing place to work.
But what makes this opportunity so great is the journalistic standard here. The Record-Eagle, an award-winning publication known for its commitment to outstanding journalism, was Michigan’s Newspaper of the Year in 2023 and a finalist for the national Scripps-Howard Award last year as well.
Yes, it can be relentless. It’s about covering police and courts, government and schools and writing intelligently about such scintillating subjects as proposed zoning changes or Michigan Compiled Laws pertaining to probable cause hearings.
It’s documenting a day in the life of the community and doing it particularly well and, most importantly, reporting it without fear or favor.
It’s being the watchdog when a watchdog is required or the professional who can accurately document a moment in time, recording an important milestone in the history of the community.
There is no other job quite like that of the reporter. It’s vital to the health and well-being of a community. And it’s needed now more than ever.
So we’re calling out to all those who answered “yes” to the questions above.
It’s time to return the call.