Reporter

The Rapid City Journal is seeking a curious, intrepid, multi-tasking reporter who is also a storyteller for a general assignment reporting position.

Rapid City is the fastest growing metropolitan area in the Midwest. We are the largest, most influential newspaper in the state and we work in a super news region that is home to the stunning Black Hills, four national parks including Mount Rushmore and the Badlands, a large Air Force base, the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and a bustling city that serves as a regional hub for tourism and commerce.

The position is part of an upbeat, collaborative newsroom and offers the opportunity to produce content for print and online on a wide variety of topics at a paper that values enterprise and watchdog reporting as well as narrative storytelling. This position may also offer opportunities to gain some editing experience for the right candidate. The ability to produce timely reports in today’s instant digital news environment is a must. A bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field and a minimum of a year of multi-media journalism is preferred. New graduates are welcome to apply.

Why Lee?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 75 markets in 26 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1.0 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we participate in E-verify. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.