White House Correspondent

The McClatchy Washington Bureau is looking for an aggressive, news-breaking journalist to be White House Correspondent, serving our 30 news organizations nationwide. The requirements of this job are straightforward: break news on the administration, deliver original reporting and keep accountability at the heart of the beat. The ideal candidate will be decisive, fast acting and excel at building source networks. She or he will work as part of a team and focus on domestic policy, politics and elections. Breaking stories, quick-hit enterprise and source-driven exclusives are the priority. Visual and audio storytelling are part of the job, and the ability to record short video clips and experience in front of the camera and behind the microphone are all pluses. This will be a key position in our coverage of the elections and the correspondent is expected to continuously produce smart, sharp story ideas that put us ahead on coverage and do not follow the pack. The correspondent must always watch for stories that hold elected leaders accountable for the decisions and statements they make. The correspondent must be able to cover national issues with an eye toward how they are relevant to McClatchy’s local readers from coast to coast. The Washington bureau is a collaborative environment and the White House team is expected to work closely with colleagues from the Miami Herald, Kansas City Star, Sacramento Bee, the Charlotte Observer and other McClatchy newsrooms.