Reporter

Lee Enterprises Inc   Roanoke, VA   Full-time     Writing / Editing
Posted on April 9, 2024
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Reporter - Roanoke metro/growth beat

The Roanoke Times is seeking a talented and dedicated reporter to join our esteemed news organization. As a reporter, you will play a crucial role in gathering and delivering accurate, timely, and compelling news stories to our audience.

This beat includes coverage of Roanoke and Botetourt counties, the city of Salem and the issues of growth and development in the Roanoke Valley. The reporter will be part of a team of journalists covering the Roanoke and New River valleys on news stories that affect the region, including local government, education and residential and retail development. The job includes occasional night and weekend shifts.


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 major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 74 markets in 26 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1.0 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors.

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.