General Assignment Reporter

Position: General Assignment Reporter  
Type: Full Time, Permanent   
Location: Ottawa, ON (Hybrid) 
Division: Ottawa Citizen   

The Company:   

Postmedia is a Canadian news media company representing more than 130 brands across multiple print, online and mobile platforms. Award-winning journalists and innovative product development teams bring engaging content to millions of people every week whenever and wherever they want it.   

This exceptional content, reach and scope offer advertisers and marketers compelling solutions to effectively reach target audiences. We are always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our team.     

The Opportunity:   

The Ottawa Citizen has an immediate opening for a hard-working and versatile general assignment reporter. The successful candidate will be a journalist with a passion for local news, strong editorial judgment, and the ability to perform under pressure. They will be adept in digital storytelling, interested in audience-engagement work and will strive to tell enterprise stories, even when covering breaking news.   

 If you want to join a team that is reimagining what a city newspaper does, let's talk.  We want to hear about your ideas for growth and innovation in journalism and how you would harness digital tools to tell stories in new ways for Ottawa readers.  

The Ottawa Citizen newsroom is the largest in the city, with committed, supportive and professional co-workers, opportunities for mentorship and professional development.  

We work hard. We’re nice. And we’ve been doing this for 179 years—and counting.  

What you’ll do:   

• Pitch ideas every day. Good ones, preferably 
• Be ready to cover all facets of Ottawa: breaking news, city politics, rural life, features, lifestyle, explainers, best-of-Ottawa stories, quick hits, audience callouts etc. 
• Learn something new every day.
• Develop relationships across Ottawa. 
• Work collaboratively with editors, photographers and digital producers to tell stories only the Ottawa Citizen can tell    

Who you are:  

• A journalist with a proven track record for writing clean, well-researched copy 
• A daily news reader, who can identify enterprise stories   
• Able to work under pressure and hit deadlines   
• An excellent communicator and collaborator 
• Well-versed in SEO best practices
• Enthusiastic about experimenting with new ways to tell stories that matter to our readers    

Qualifications:  

• A journalism degree or significant work experience 
• Experience working in a daily news environment 
• Demonstrated success in producing well-written, well-researched daily news stories 
• Experience with video or audio production, illustration and data visualization is an asset 
• Bilingualism is an asset 
• A valid G driver’s license