San Jose Reporter

We’re looking to make a critical addition to our talented local news and enterprise team at the Mercury News. This reporter will cover one of our most important beats: San Jose, the Bay Area’s largest city. You’ll handle a torrent of breaking news in the fascinating, diverse heart of Silicon Valley – from crime and housing to politics and the impact of coronavirus . The ideal San Jose beat reporter thrives in a fast-paced environment, and has the energy to jump from one hot story to the next in an intensely competitive news environment. You should be able to work both alone and collaboratively with a rotating cast of reporters and editors. What happens in San Jose, whether it’s Google’s plans for a huge campus that would reshape downtown or a first in the nation requirement that gun owners carry liability insurance – resonates across the country. Our news organization has the ambition and ability to tell the story of San Jose and the region with the impact it warrants.