Career opportunity
The Carillon Reporter – Full Time
The Carillon is a community-driven local news organization dedicated to telling the stories that matter most to the people we serve. As part of The Free Press family of newspapers, we focus on building connections, trust, and informed communities through accessible journalism, local storytelling, and meaningful engagement. We believe strong communities are built on shared voices, and our work reflects the people, events, and issues that shape everyday life in our region.
Job Description
As a reporter, you will play a key role in providing content for our newspaper and website, covering the stories that matter in the community. You will be responsible for generating stories and accompanying photos for a wide variety of news stories. Beat coverage will include municipal politics, court and school divisions.
Key Responsibilities
- Pursue vigorously all daily and longer-term reporting assignments received from the supervising editor
- Initiate and develop ideas for story assignments in conjunction with the supervising editor
- Write clear, concise, reader-friendly stories as per reporting assignments
- Ensure all stories meet high standards of accuracy, fairness and comprehensiveness
- Meet assignment deadlines
- Take direction and assist colleagues as required
- Maintain close contact with the community in person and via social media
- Remain current on local issues and apply knowledge of provincial and federal issues to our publication with a local perspective
Qualifications
- Previous experience in the media and a post-secondary degree in journalism or at least two years of relevant experience in print, online and/or broadcast journalism
- Strong photography skills and ability to learn
- Demonstrated ability to multitask and work effectively under deadline pressure
- Excellent research, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, passionate about journalism storytelling
- Experience and proven ability in writing to conform to Canadian Press style and standard Canadian English, grammar, spelling and capitalization
- Ability to work different shifts including evenings and weekends
- Familiarity with rural communities an asset
- Valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle required
- Ability to work well as part of a team and independently
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
How to apply: We invite you to submit your resume to the attention of Human Resources at resumes@freepress.mb.ca
The Free Press is committed to accessible employment and to ensuring our hiring processes are barrier free. To request an accommodation or alternative format for the hiring process please reach out to resumes@freepress.mb.ca. We thank all applicants for applying; however, only those under consideration will be contacted.