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Reporter, Axios Colorado Springs
About this role
Axios is hiring a reporter to cover Colorado Springs as part of its local news initiative. The role involves co-authoring a daily Axios newsletter with insights and scoops for the Springs, reporting on various aspects of city life, and experimenting with AI to aid reporting and newsletter production. The candidate should be able to break news, build sources, and write in Axios' Smart Brevity style, while shaping Axios Local and its product evolution. The position targets individuals with experience in a fast-paced news environment, strong local knowledge, and entrepreneurial, startup-minded attitude. Salary starts between $65,000 and $100,000, with location and experience influencing the range, and remote-optional status may affect eligibility for the stated pay band.
What you would do
- Co-author a daily Axios newsletter for Colorado Springs with relevant insights and scoops
- Cover multiple aspects of life in the city
- Experiment with and utilise AI for reporting and newsletter production
- Write in Axios' Smart Brevity style and adapt voice as needed
- Help build Axios Local and influence product evolution
- Break news and generate conceptual scoops
- Develop and maintain strong sources in the Colorado Springs area
- Be curious about the hometown and continuously generate ideas
- Write with some voice and personality while maintaining accuracy
- Work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and strive to be indispensable to local readers
What they are asking for
- Experience covering Colorado Springs
- Excellent sources and ability to develop new ones
- Ability to break news and create conceptual scoops
- Omnivorous curiosity about the hometown
- Ideas-driven mindset
- Comfort with varying levels of voice and personality in writing
- Proven experience in a fast-paced news environment with deadlines
- Desire to be indispensable to local readers and Axios Local
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