Amazon Reporter

The Seattle Times seeks a hard-driving, creative reporter to cover Amazon.com, a tight-lipped company that has reshaped Seattle and is redefining how both consumers and major enterprises buy, work, and live. Covering perhaps the most influential and disruptive company in the global economy requires strong enterprise reporting, compelling writing and plenty of initiative and versatility, as well as business smarts; the result will be stories about social and economic changes with national impact. This reporter should have considerable experience covering business and technology in print and online, and should take pride in being ahead of not only local competitors, but the national media as well. This is a fast-paced role that requires a solid foundation in journalistic principles and ethics, good interpersonal skills, the ability to juggle and quickly adapt to changing needs, familiarity with the latest tools and techniques (including both social media and data analysis), a knack for using alternative formats to tell stories, and the desire to work collaboratively with journalists across the newsroom.