High School Sports Reporter

Sports Reporter - The Roanoke Times
 

The Roanoke Times is seeking a reporter to cover high school sports in the Roanoke and New River valleys. The job includes game coverage, features, a regular prep notebook, updating scores and standings for online and print roundups, enterprise reporting and selecting regional all-stars by sport. The candidate must be able to take photos and video, and must be adept at using social media both for storytelling and to find story ideas. The job requires regularly working nights and occasionally working weekends depending upon the sports season. Please submit at least three writing samples with your online application.

EOE.

Why Join Us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities.  We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match.  We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work.  This includes paid parental leave for new parents.
 

Lee Enterprises is a leading provider of high-quality local news, with 77 daily newspapers in 26 states that have print, digital and e-replica versions. Lee's newspapers have a combined circulation of more than 1.2 million daily. Our digital sites attract more than 44 million unique visits monthly. We also have a rapidly growing roster of digital products for consumers, and are committed to aggressive digital growth.
 

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.