News Reporter, Temporary

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Inc. is a diversified media company with expansive reach at the national and local level dedicated to empowering and enriching communities. We seek to inspire, inform, and connect audiences as a sustainable, growth focused media and digital marketing solutions company. Through our trusted brands, including the USA TODAY NETWORK, comprised of the national publication, USA TODAY, and local media organizations, including our network of local properties, in the United States, and Newsquest, a wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom, we provide essential journalism, local content, and digital experiences to audiences and businesses. We deliver high-quality, trusted content with a commitment to balanced, unbiased journalism, where and when consumers want to engage. Our digital marketing solutions brand, LocaliQ, supports small and medium-sized businesses with innovative digital marketing products and solutions. you should be completing an application on USA TODAY Co. Job postings directing you to complete an application on other external sites may not be valid. IndyStar, part of the USA TODAY Network, is seeking a competitive reporter who understands the value of breaking news then turning to a people-first approach to telling the full story of how that news affects them.

Breaking news reporters are part of a broader public safety team that covers criminal justice from all angles. You'll work with and learn from some of journalism's best while living in a vibrant and diverse city in the heart of the Midwest.

IndyStar informs, empowers and inspires the people of Central Indiana with our journalism. We deliver journalism that is essential to the communities we serve with urgency. Becomes more trusted and more reflective of the affected communities through inclusion of neighborhood voices and authenticity in storytelling.

Tells the personal stories of those impacted by crime.

Be able to juggle daily, short-term enterprise and long-term enterprise stories.

Create vertical video to help tell your stories, particularly to IndyStar's growing social media audience

Work in a breaking news rotation

Ability to take photos and record video/audio in the field

Strong sense of journalism ethics and grounding in basics of media law

At least two years of journalism experience

Bachelor's degree in journalism or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

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