Reporter

About This Role

This reporter position covers Minnesota's banking and finance ecosystem, including major national and regional players, as well as the Twin Cities' largest professional-services firms and sports business. The role involves breaking news and providing forward-looking business intelligence to savvy readers.

Responsibilities

• Define a clear and compelling vision for the look, feel and voice of products, including a thriving digital news operation, a printed weekly edition, and daily emails
• Report and write short-form and long-form stories for the website and weekly print edition
• Own the beat, dictating day-to-day coverage and thriving on digging out source-driven exclusives
• Relentlessly develop sources and manage relationships with high-level executives and other community leaders
• Scoop competitors on every story of any significance, not only telling them what happened, but why and how

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Desire and ability to break news and to identify newsworthy events and sources
• Strong analytical and investigative-interviewing skills
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Ability to relate comfortably to a wide range of people, in person, on the phone and online
• A clear drive to develop sources and build audience
• Solid understanding of news writing, journalistic ethics and story structure
• Ability to leverage relationships with sources to deliver content that differentiates the organization from competitors
• Multimedia skills, including video, photos, broadcast, on-camera, helpful
• Proficient with MS Office Products
• Proficient with Web-Based Communication Platforms (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.)

Benefits

• Bundled health, dental and vision plans
• Programs to support mental health and wellness
• Generous time-off policy
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401K Plan with Employer Match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Multiple Employee Dependent Scholarship Programs
• Commuter Flexible Spending
• Lifestyle Programs (Including incentives for healthy habits)
• Medical Infertility Services
• Corporate discount programs
• Employee Recognition/Service Awards

Important Details

• Work format: Hybrid in the office/market 3 days per week, with flexible days in consultation with your manager

About the Company

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal is a publication covering business news in Minnesota.