Job Description

The Canora Courier and Yorkton This Week are looking for a talented reporter to join our team.

The successful candidate will focus on courts, crime, local governments, school boards and First Nations in the rural region surrounding Yorkton, which includes Canora, Preeceville, Kamsack, Langenburg, Foam Lake, Wadena, Kelvington, Wroxton, Churchbridge and Saltcoats.

For more than a century, our newspapers have been telling the stories of citizens from this slice of east central Saskatchewan. While text articles are the primary format, you will embrace digital platforms and have opportunities to produce photo, video and/or audio reporting.

Your journalism will uncover stories that need to be told, help set discussion and policy in east central Saskatchewan, and build relationships and a stronger sense of community amongst our audiences.

The stories you produce will be distributed in the weekly print editions of Yorkton This Week, Canora Courier, Preeceville Progress and Kamsack Times; across Saskatchewan communities through our provincial website, SASKTODAY.ca; as well through other news outlets as part of the federal government\'s Local Journalism Initiative.

Requirements

• Pitching, reporting and editing local and regional articles for daily digital publication
• Ability to handle and turnaround breaking news, as well as longer-format features
• Ability to take photos that are eye-catching, clear and engaging to be shared in your articles and on social media
• Ability to work efficiently, in a deadline-driven environment, both independently and constructively in collaboration with a wider team when required
• Familiarity or willingness to learn audience engagement concepts, including social media storytelling and SEO
• Knowledge of Canadian Press style
• A driver\'s license and reliable transportation are required
• A journalism degree, diploma or equivalent experience

Skills and qualifications that are considered an asset

• Lived experience of life in Saskatchewan or similar communities
• Video skills, including shooting and editing
• Social media skills, including repackaging and optimizing content for different social platforms

About the position

• Benefits: Medical and dental, as well as car allowance, three weeks\' vacation and statutory holidays
• Term: This is a 12-month position funded through the federal government\'s Local Journalism Initiative
• Shifts: While this is a Monday-Friday position, some weekend and evening reporting may be required
• Physical workplace: You will either be located at the Canora Courier office in Canora, Sask. or the Yorkton This Week office in Yorkton, Sask.
• Training: Glacier Media Group highly values ongoing training and skills development, including professional development

About the Canora Courier and Yorkton This Week

Both of our papers have a long history in our communities. Yorkton This Week started in 1896, while the Canora Courier started in 1907. We are part of the Glacier Media Group.

You will either be located in Canora or in Yorkton. In Canora you\'ll find small town charm with big community spirit. We are near two provincial parks, have access to some of the best fishing and hunting in the province, and we have a golf course, ice arena and a curling rink. Yorkton is a bigger centre that has a swimming pool, a branch of the Western Development Museum, a large hockey arena and an art gallery. It is the shopping hub of the region.

This position is open until July 14, 2023. To apply, please email Canora Courier publisher Devan Tasa ( ), with the following information:

• Your resume and a cover letter making the case for why you want to join our newsroom
• Examples of your work, including clippings and multimedia (photos and video, if applicable)
• Three references

We thank you for your interest in this career opportunity. Please note that only those selected for an interview will be notified.

Applications close in 22 days

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