Pay: Per-Assignment Rate (3 stories per week, 2 days in the newsroom, weekends, travel)

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Enrolled as a full-time student at Michigan State University (12+ credit hours)

• Understands the type of news content apt to resonate with the Spartan community

• Strong writer, interviewer

• Able to meet deadlines

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Produces content related to MSU’s football team, including game and post-game stories, features and content from the media availabilities.

• Writes stories beyond game coverage on trends, features

• Attends all home games as restrictions allow and writes follow-up stories in a timely manner.

• Attends away games.

• Figures out creative ways to cover away games we do not travel to.

• Attends all media availabilities for football news, including weekly player and coach availability.

• Develops source relationships to ensure The State News stays in the loop with football-related news. This includes getting on the correct mailing list and being notified about breaking news immediately

• Maintains journalistic ethics and social media ethics.

• Creates stories that are informative, interesting, fair and accurate.

• Maintains regular newsroom office hours as assigned by the editor-in-chief and sports editor. 

• Primarily responsible for writing football stories, but is not limited to those stories and can also write other types of articles.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value equity and inclusion. All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. Applicants of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.