Public Safety Reporter
$80,000–$90,000 year
On-site · San Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Act as the primary reporter covering law enforcement agencies and day-to-day public safety news in San Francisco and the inner East Bay. Deliver a steady stream of scoops and exclusives on your beat. Collaborate with reporters who cover geographical beats and topics, and with newsroom teams such as photo, video and data. Follow important cases through the court system. Compete to provide readers the timeliest and most authoritative information. Requires at least two years of newsroom experience; strong news judgment, creativity, meticulousness, and commitment to fairness; ability to collaborate in a fast-changing environment; understanding of crime, courts and criminal justice issues; and ability to develop sources within public-safety agencies.
Required Qualifications
- At least two years of experience in a newsroom or related work environment
- Strong news judgment, creativity, meticulousness and commitment to fairness
- Ability to collaborate and work in a fast-changing news environment
- Understanding of and curiosity about crime, courts and criminal justice issues
- Ability to develop sources within public-safety agencies
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