Reporter - Huntsville

**Job Description**
**_Strengthening and empowering all of the communities we serve._**
**News Reporter covering Huntsville, Ala., and the surrounding metro.**
If you're driven to uncover stories that matter, hold institutions accountable and help readers better understand the community they call home, AL.com has an exciting opportunity for you.
We're looking for an ambitious, audience-focused reporter to cover Huntsville and the surrounding metro area-one of the fastest-growing regions in the Southeast. As Alabama's largest city and a national hub for aerospace, defense, technology and advanced manufacturing, Huntsville offers no shortage of important stories. From rapid population growth and infrastructure challenges to economic development, public safety and local government, this beat is rich with opportunities to produce journalism that informs, explains and drives meaningful conversations.
The successful candidate will become a trusted source on the issues shaping Huntsville's future, translating complex developments into compelling journalism that resonates with our growing digital audience. This reporter should be curious, competitive, collaborative and eager to build meaningful relationships throughout the community.
The base salary range is $46,000 to $57,000 per year.
The reporter will be responsible for:
+ Delivering daily, audience-focused reporting on Huntsville, Alabama, the state's largest city and a leading technology, aerospace and manufacturing center.
+ Covering the issues that matter most to residents, including government accountability, growth and development, public safety, business, education, transportation and quality of life.
+ Producing a mix of breaking news, enterprise stories and accountability journalism.
+ Using audience metrics and analytics to inform story selection and better understand reader interests.
+ Experimenting with storytelling approaches and digital formats to better engage readers.
+ Cultivating a diverse network of sources that reflects the communities we serve.
+ Building relationships with readers and developing coverage that grows digital subscriptions.
To be successful in this role, you'll have:
+ A degree in journalism, communications or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
+ At least three years of professional journalism experience with a demonstrated ability to produce clear, compelling and accurate reporting.
+ Strong news judgment and the ability to identify stories with meaningful impact.
+ The ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting daily deadlines.
+ Experience producing breaking news as well as deeper enterprise and investigative stories.
+ Strong interviewing, source-building and storytelling skills.
+ The ability to work collaboratively across teams.
+ Experience with photography, video and social media is highly desirable.
+ Experience obtaining and analyzing public records and data is a plus.
+ Adaptability in a rapidly evolving digital newsroom.
+ Reliable transportation to meet with sources and cover events throughout the Huntsville metro area.
Huntsville is one of America's fastest-growing metropolitan areas, fueled by innovation in aerospace, defense, technology and advanced manufacturing. Home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and major employers including Blue Origin, Toyota and Meta, the region continues to experience significant economic and population growth.
That growth brings important questions about housing, infrastructure, education, transportation, public investment, equity and government accountability. This is a beat for a reporter who wants to explain the forces shaping a changing community and produce journalism that makes a lasting impact.
**Additional Information**
Advance Local Media offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package with affordable options for your healthcare including medical, dental and vision plans, mental health support options, flexible spending accounts, fertility assistance, a competitive 401(k) plan to help plan for your future, generous paid time off, paid parental and caregiver leave and an employee assistance program to support your work/life balance, optional legal assistance, life insurance options, as well as flexible holidays to honor cultural diversity.
Alabama Media Group is a part of Advance Local Media, one of the largest media groups in the United States, which operates the leading news and information companies in more than 20 cities, reaching 52+ million people monthly with our quality, real-time journalism and community engagement. Our company is built upon the values of Integrity, Customer-first, Inclusiveness, Collaboration and Forward-looking. For more information about Advance Local, please visit .
Alabama Media Group is one of the country's most innovative local media companies, operating AL.com, the AL Education Lab and This is Alabama and publishing daily digital editions of the Huntsville Times, The Birmingham News and the Press-Register for Mobile.
In addition, the company runs a digital marketing business which serves advertising clients throughout the Southeast, a film production group Advance Originals, and the national brand It's a Southern Thing.
In the past 7 years, AL.com journalists have been awarded four Pulitzer Prizes and been a finalist for another, earned 22 regional Emmys for documentary work, an Edward R. Murrow award for podcasting, a Silver Gavel award for political commentary, IRE award for prison coverage, Scripps Howard and Polk awards for investigating police, multiple national Headliner and SPJ awards and a Webby Award for short-form comedy.
_Advance Local Media is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state or local law._
_If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information._
Advance Local Media does not provide sponsorship for work visas or employment authorization in the United States. Only candidates who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. will be considered for this position.