City & Government Reporter

Oil City News is searching for an experienced reporter or exceptional recent graduate to join our newsroom as City Reporter. A fast-paced position at Oil City News, our City Reporter creates content on a daily basis, proactively working to increase visibility and engagement with city-related news, breaking news, events and announcements. As City Reporter, you’ll use your writing, editing and photography skills to deliver timely and accurate information to our community. You’ll primarily cover city and county government, along with select local boards and activities. You’ll also facilitate conversation among community members, serving as the voice of one of the area’s most popular news platforms. The City Reporter is an active participant within the community and your work will be seen by thousands of people each day.

Essential functions of this role include: working as a member of a small news team to effectively cover city news, ability to create timely and accurate content, managing multiple assignments each day, interviewing community members, covering community events, writing short feature stories, writing news summaries and reporting to a managing editor.

Prerequisites:
* Experience or formal training as a Journalist covering city government in a community similar to Casper, Wyoming
* Must live in or be willing to relocate to Casper, Wyoming or nearby communities of Bar Nunn, Mills, Evansville.
* Excellent written communication skills; ability to write quickly and accurately
* Experienced Facebook user
* Passionate about Casper and Wyoming