Daily News Reporter/journalist

6 months ago


Peterborough, Canada Media Matters Inc. Full time

Position Description:
Do you love to write? Love learning? Have a knack for making stories interesting and fun? We have an opportunity for a talented writer to join our fast-paced team.

Media Matters is seeking a Daily News Summer Student Journalist who will create content for various media, including magazines, websites, daily digital newsletters, video content and social media. This role will work collaboratively with the entire team and will learn to think creatively and strategically about content creation, deployment, and analysis.

**Job Description**:

- Develop, write, edit and proofread for each publication and their websites
- Generate original stories & contribute to our daily coverage of industry news
- Write industry product spotlights
- Move our stories seamlessly to all social media platforms
- Interview and write feature stories
- Include SEO techniques
- Write a minimum of three stories and make ten phone calls per day
- Enthusiastic and bright with the right attitude.
- Excellent writing skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to work independently and a team player
- Detail-oriented and organized
- Polite, presentable and professional
- Desire to learn

Qualifications:

- Journalism degree preferred
- CP knowledge (considered an asset)
- InDesign, Adobe Photoshop (considered an asset)
- Knowledge of SEO posting to social media, Joomla, Wordpress (considered an asset)

The job is funded by the Canada Summer Jobs program. As such applicants must be between 15 and 30 years of age, be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or a person who received refugee protection, and have a valid social insurance number.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract, Seasonal
Contract length: 2 months

Pay: $16.50-$18.00 per hour

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Are you willing to work in Peterborough, ON?
- Canada Summer Jobs Eligibility Criteria - Are you between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of your employment?
- Canada Summer Jobs Eligibility Criteria -Are you a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment.
- Canada Summer Jobs Eligibility Criteria - Do you have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations.

**Experience**:

- SEO: 1 year (preferred)
- Journalism: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person



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