Reporter, Axios Local (Colorado Springs)

2 weeks, 6 days ago
Full-time
Junior
Technical Writing and Documentation
Axios

Axios

Axios is a new media company delivering vital, trustworthy news and analysis with smart brevity on an innovative mobile platform.

Internet Software & Services
251-1K
Founded 2017
$30M raised

Description

  • Co-author a daily Axios newsletter focused on the most important news, scoops, and insights in Colorado Springs.
  • Report on a wide range of topics affecting life in the city and its local communities.
  • Break news and develop conceptual scoops that own major conversations in Colorado Springs.
  • Write in Axios' Smart Brevity style with a conversational voice and personality.
  • Experiment with and use AI tools for reporting and newsletter production.
  • Help build Axios Local and contribute to the evolution of the product.
  • Develop new sources and maintain strong relationships with existing sources.
  • Work quickly and accurately in a fast-paced, deadline-driven newsroom environment.

Requirements

  • Experience covering Colorado Springs.
  • Ability to create and maintain excellent sources.
  • Proven ability to break news and generate original scoops.
  • Strong curiosity about the local community and its issues.
  • Comfortable writing with voice and personality.
  • Proven experience working in a fast-paced news environment and on deadline.
  • Startup mentality and entrepreneurial spirit.
  • Willingness to actively develop AI literacy and use AI tools in daily work.
  • Desire to become indispensable to local readers and Axios Local.

Benefits

  • Starting salary of $65,000 - $100,000, depending on location, work experience, and skills.
  • 401(k) with employer match.
  • Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options.
  • Employer HSA contribution for the high deductible health plan option.
  • Dental and vision coverage.
  • Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave.
  • Generous vacation policy plus holidays.
  • One mental health day per quarter.
  • Annual learning and development stipend.
  • $100 monthly work-from-home stipend.
  • Tele-mental health services through Headspace.
  • OneMedical membership, including telehealth services.
  • Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate.
  • Inclusive fertility, hormonal health, and family-forming benefits through Carrot Fertility.
  • Access to the Axios Family Fund for financial hardship or emergencies.
  • Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers.
  • Virtual company-sponsored social events.
  • Open, inclusive, and diverse work culture.

Interested in this position?

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