Remote Reporter

Summary

The job description is for a Reporter position in Pittsburgh focusing on local news coverage. The role involves creating daily newsletters, collaborating with other teams, and building Axios Local. Ideal candidates should have experience covering news in Pittsburgh, strong reporting skills, and knowledge of the local market.

Requirements

• Experience covering news in Pittsburgh
• Excellent sources and ability to create new ones
• Strong reporting skills and comfort working in a fast-paced news environment and on deadline
• Ability to decipher data, break news and create conceptual scoops
• Deep knowledge of the local market, including politics, business, and/or social issues
• Background in understanding local and national news coverage more broadly
• A belief in and dedication to writing in Smart Brevity

Responsibilities

• Authoring a daily Axios newsletter that features insights and scoops that matter most to the Pittsburgh audience
• Helping build Axios Local and shape how the product evolves
• Collaborating across teams at Axios to create stories that have impact and bringing stories to life across multiple platforms (online, video, broadcast, or podcast)

Benefits

• 401(k) with employer match
• Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
• Employer Health Savings Account (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 tele-health services
• Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
• Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
• Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
• Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
• Virtual company-sponsored social events
• A strong and positive work environment
• A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture