KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES  

1. Contribute to the Crosscut news and politics section with a steady stream of stories pitched by you and/or assigned by the editor. 
2. Help Crosscut develop this new area of coverage by focusing on source and story development and discovering what it means to cover education with an equity and inclusion lens. 
3. Build on skills in storytelling, story planning, data analysis and in-depth reporting.  
4. Adapt to Crosscut’s approach of listening to and responding to reader questions and ideas. Think about how stories and projects can reach new communities and audiences across the region. 
5. Deliver stories each week that meet the highest journalistic and organizational standards for fairness, thoroughness, accuracy and quality.
6. Ability and excitement to tell stories off the education beat, although most of this job will focus on youth and education. 
7. Collaborate with video producers, photographers, audience engagement editors and web designers to shape stories that are visually compelling and incorporate a range of multimedia.
8. Participate in the development of various modes of journalism, including podcasting, live events and video storytelling.
9. Serve as a Crosscut representative at community and partner events, industry gatherings and in other formal settings. 
10. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.