Quick take: Axios is a company dedicated to providing trustworthy, award-winning news content in an audience-first format. We are hiring a Reporter to cover Colorado Springs as part of our growing local news initiative, which is extending our mission to America’s hometowns.
Why it matters: Our Smart Brevity approach helps local readers understand what’s happening in their own backyards. This reporter will create a meaningful local presence in their market, getting readers smarter, faster on the news that matters to them, focusing on news that provides utility and creates connection with the audience.
Go deeper: We are looking for a skilled writer who cares deeply about local news and is obsessed with innovative ways to cover it. Requirements include:
- Authoring a daily Axios newsletter that features insights and scoops that matter most to the local audience
- A command of the local market along with the sourcing necessary to illuminate busy readers about the community where they live
- Helping build Axios Local and shape how the product evolves
- Ability to create stories across multiple platforms, including newsletter, web and social media.
The details: Ideal candidates will embody an entrepreneurial spirit, a passion for Axios’ mission and have the following skills:
- Experience covering news and a deep understanding of Colorado Springs
- Excellent sources and ability to create new ones
- Strong reporting skills and comfort working independently and on deadline
- Ability to decipher data, break news and create conceptual scoops
- Background in understanding local and national news coverage more broadly
- A belief in and dedication to writing in Smart Brevity
Starting salary for this role is in the range of $60,000 - $90,000 and is dependent on numerous factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, and skills. This range does not include other compensation benefits. Axios' compensation philosophy takes into account cost of labor differentials across the country. Because this is a remote-optional job posting, this salary range takes into account all possible locations within the United States, but candidates will only be eligible for the salary range for their location.
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