Reporting Fellow, KUT, Moody College of Communication Full-time

Reporting Fellow, KUT, Moody College of Communication

KUT News is looking for an early-career journalist to serve as the reporting fellow for a new project focused on aging in Austin. The fellow will go out into the community, report on challenges faced by seniors and caregivers, hold policymakers accountable and examine the biggest issues facing Central Texas through a lens of aging. This is a one-year fellowship.

Responsibilities:

• Generates ideas, researches topics, writes, reports stories for web and radio. Work could include capturing photos and videos for multimedia components of stories. Ensures that all content produced meets KUT standards of accuracy, fairness and balance. Actively incorporates multiple perspectives and voices into the editorial process. Identifies omissions in our coverage and suggests ways to mitigate them.
• Helps organize and participates in live events focused on aging in Austin.
• Reports news for national programming and The Texas Newsroom as assigned.
• Attends news meetings with story suggestions. Provides assistance to other KUT staff working on the aging in Austin project with story research and background materials.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• One year of professional reporting experience at a news organization
• Experience meeting deadlines and reporting under strict time limits
• Ability to multitask

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Adobe Audition to mix audio stories for broadcast.
• Spanish-language skills.

Salary Range

$50,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• Typical office environment. Occasional travel for field reporting trips and interviews.

Required Materials

Please mark “yes” on the application for required materials. Failure to attach all additional materials listed may affect candidates being considered for the position.

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest