journalist Fort St. John
Job description
Energeticcity.ca is Fort St. John's locally owned and operated community news website. We have a team of six reporters that work to cover our region. In the last two years, we have doubled the size of our newsroom.
Our company owns both Energeticcity.ca and the local radio station Moose FM. We are one of only a handful of independently owned and operated media companies left in Canada and are located in a young and vibrant community in Northeast B.C.
Join our team and help us cover the news that matters to this region.
Working at Energeticcity.ca and Moose FM will allow you to reach your career goals. We have big plans for 2023 and want you to be a part of our changes as we grow our news department further.
Responsibilities:
- Informed, interested, enthusiastic and engaged.
- You must be someone who can find the news and understand even the little stories deserve the same coverage as the big stories.
- Ability to generate, write, and deliver news stories, sports and weather, focusing primarily on local and regional events and information.
- You must be a great writer who can summarize even the most difficult stories.
- You need to be able to work with social media and understand a WordPress website.
- You need to be great with a camera to help capture those news stories as they happen.
- And you must understand that news doesn’t happen only between 9 and 5.
- You must be committed to charitable work and community involvement.
Job Requirements
- Write stories for our websiteenergeticcity.caand Moose FM.
- Research and post at least five stories a day.
- Have a positive attitude and be willing to roll with the punches.
- Fill in as needed in other areas of the news department.
- Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $19.00-$22.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Paid time off
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
Supplemental pay types:
- Overtime pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Fort St John, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- journalism: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 2023-03-31
Expected start date: 2023-05-01
