Spokane Area Reporter

The Spokane Valley, Eastern Washington state reporter is a passionate, ethical journalist and hands-on professional who participates in the team’s planning processes, ensuring its short- and long-term execution, and leads our efforts to report on, curate and share the region’s most relevant daily and enterprise news content across multiple platforms. We are a daily newswire service that covers government news with a taxpayer’s sensibility.

Responsibilities

Report on government activity in Spokane and the region with taxpayers front of mind, monitor government activity and policy developments that affect the region, and use public records and databases to ferret out waste,
Work with Washington state team to build a dynamic daily news report that would be of interest to newspapers and other media outlets in the state.
Promote The Center Square stories to local and regional media partners
Cultivate trusted sources to provide leads on potential stories, including those inside and outside government, think tanks, academia, unions and the business community
Monitor the state media landscape to identify popular topics and potential media partners

Qualifications:

Passionate about The Center Square’s mission
Bachelor’s degree or higher
Background in journalism or journalistic functions
2-3 years of journalism experience, including reporting in print and/or web
Strong written, investigative, editing and verbal communication skills
Familiarity with government policy issues
Ability to uncover original stories and break them
Entrepreneurial approach and ability to work independently
Excellent, proactive communicator
Demonstrated understanding of planning and budgeting processes
Ability to travel on an as-needed basis, including regionally when called upon
Strong commitment to the principles of personal responsibility and free enterprise

Send resume, cover letter and links to clips to dmccaleb@thecentersquare.com and clauterbach@thecentersquare.com