News Reporter

The Baltimore Sun, an award-winning news organization, seeks talented and dedicated journalists to join our growing newsroom team and drive coverage of key city issues, from local government and education to crime, and business.

As a Journalist with the Baltimore Sun, you'll support the newsroom’s mission by developing, analyzing, and creating original news and feature stories in text and other forms. The ideal candidate will have at least three years of professional reporting experience, a passion for storytelling, and the ability to engage our audience through compelling narratives.

Essential Functions

• Strive to provide readers with what we know, when we know it. Be transparent about sources of information.
• Develop stories, produce or secure visuals, get sources to cooperate, corroborate facts, and present information to readers in the most relevant, interesting way.
• Maximizing audience engagement through the use of various storytelling formats, including photo galleries, video, aggregation, and a variety of layouts.
• Taking the initiative to fact-check, run background checks, and confirm information before publication.
• Delivering on time with minimal to moderate supervision and editing.
• Cultivating beats, where appropriate, and sources.
• Uncovering and proposing exclusive stories on newsworthy events and trends.
• Contributing story ideas several times a week, including identifying and following trends outside assigned beat or topic areas, and informing supervisors of possible story ideas arising from trends.
• Measuring the performance of one’s own digital content through audience engagement metrics and working with the audience team to develop tactics and strategies to build an audience.
• Working with data and visuals teams, as appropriate, to deepen reporting and produce data-visualization content items.
• Participating in production videos and live streaming with the visuals department, as appropriate.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required
• 3+ years of professional reporting experience (news publication and/or daily or weekly journalism experience strongly preferred). Editing experience is a plus.
• Comfortable appearing on television and collaborating with local TV news partners to enhance cross-platform coverage.
• Must be able and willing to work irregular hours and holidays as necessary
• Must be familiar with computers and software, including Internet software
• Excellent command of verbal and written English

Salary Range: $50,000 to $80,000

Individual compensation may vary from the target range based on several factors including experience, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations.

Application Submission

Please include a cover letter and résumé. In your cover letter, please highlight three different types of stories you have worked on along with a brief description of your roles. In your cover letter, please describe how you would approach the job.

Please upload samples of your previous reporting/editing work, such as news articles, feature stories, or investigative reports, that demonstrate your ability to cover/edit stories clearly, accurately, and with compelling detail.

The Baltimore Sun is committed to building a diverse newsroom that reflects the people it covers and the audience it serves. Candidates are encouraged to highlight new perspectives they can bring to our team.