Local News Reporter

If you're a dedicated local news journalist anxious to tell your readers what’s happening in the community around them, you may be the next reporter to join the East Bay Times and Bay Area News Group. We’re the Bay Area’s premier news organization, and we’re seeking a reporter to cover Contra Costa County — spanning a collection of cities but focusing on Concord and Walnut Creek, two fascinating communities confronting the challenges of crime, high housing costs, economic disruption and ethnic change. Join our team and contribute to the diverse East Bay community by delivering impactful news stories that inform, inspire, and empower our readers

What you will do:
You will provide primary coverage for our East Bay Times print and online local reports, but publish also in the daily Mercury News and weekly Berkeley Voice and El Cerrito Journal
You’ll tap into the successes and challenges of local government, from town councils to school boards, and keep a thumb on the pulse of an engaged populace
Our news organization has the ambition and ability to tell the story of the East Bay and the broader Bay Area with the impact it warrants
You will work in real time, publishing words, sounds and images individually and in collaboration with colleagues
We serve a savvy, sophisticated audience that includes millions of online readers and hundreds of thousands of people who read our printed newspapers
Adhere to the highest professional and ethical standards at all times and abide by the newspaper's written ethics policy. Newsroom employees are on the front lines of protecting this newspaper's credibility