Local Sports Reporter-Omaha, NE

Local SportsReporter-Omaha, NEThe Omaha World-Herald seeks an ambitious, versatile,energetic journalist to join our award-winning team covering our robust sportsscene in a major metro area. OWH Sports, annually recognized by APSE as one of thenation's top sports sections, has a role that includes blending coverage ofpreps — especially volleyball and basketball — and strong, timely stories onthe best college and pro sports stories in town.

Omaha loves its sports and has the College World Series,two pro volleyball teams, a Triple-A baseball team, a USL men's soccer team —with a women's team likely on the way — college hockey in the NCAA's toughestleague, and more.

We seek a writer who can balance structure on the prepsside with the opportunity to stretch your wings to pursue and report funfeatures that go beyond the field of play and pivot toward teams that arehaving big, exciting seasons.

The ideal candidate will have:

• At least three years of relevant experiencewriting, reporting and source-building in sports, although we are open to new,motivated, talented college graduates.
• Comfort talking in front of a microphone orcamera in various capacities
• Adaptability and versatility for feature storiesas they emerge
• Comfort working with digital audience metrics
• An upbeat approach to growing The World-Herald'sreach and strengthening its engagement with subscribers
• A relentless desire to innovate, experiment, andhelp chart the newsroom's next phase of digital growthIf you're an innovator with a hunger to learn, grow, andperform in one of the best sports markets in the country, this job might be foryou.

Attach a resume and cover letter addressed to SportsEditor Sam McKewon with your application and include five to seven writingsamples along with a few examples of your best video or podcast work.

Why Join Us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic,interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program thatcan be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical,dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insuranceand supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement planwith company match. We also offer generouspaid time off to allow flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for newparents. Lee Enterprises is a leading provider of local news andinformation and a major subscription and advertising platform, with daily andweekly newspapers and rapidly expanding digital products serving 114 marketsacross 25 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely localnews and information to the communities we serve.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunityemployer. We respect and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating aninclusive environment for all employees. For more information about Lee, check us out atwww.lee.net.