Service Journalism Reporter

The Ledger-Enquirer is looking for a collaborative, audience-focused reporter for our service journalism team, whose mission is to help readers navigate life in Columbus and Georgia. These reporters will use engagement tools such as Google Trends to surface and answer questions readers are asking in the moment, will write stories that help readers connect with the news and will create and manage a library of search-friendly evergreen content. This reporter also will help with breaking news, providing support at times to the primary breaking news reporter or covering stories on their own. They will often be called on to write stories that answer reader questions about major breaking news events. Experience with audience growth and engagement tactics such as headline writing and SEO is a must. Expertise in a particular subject area is not required, but the successful candidate will bring a deep understanding of what’s important to local readers, preferably earned by working as part of an audience or engagement team at a local news outlet. The reporter in this role will report to the Southern regional service journalism editor.