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About the Role

The American-Statesman's Texas Longhorns Insider innovates on the beat by filing news-breaking FOIA requests, writing narrative-setting coverage, identifying key players, sourcing within the department and conference, and picking up trending topics.

Responsibilities

• Cover Texas athletics with a focus on football, basketball, and baseball, assisting in other areas as needed.
• Lead enterprise topics and public-records reporting related to the Texas Longhorns, with monthly novel reporting expected.
• Monitor Arch Manning's junior season and Heisman chase, sourcing his family and tracking his movements, appearances, and national media coverage.
• Integrate on-court success with off-court developments like NIL, eligibility rules, and coaches' compensation.
• Build sources within Texas athletics to break news and within the SEC for context, including FOIA requests to other universities.
• Write high-interest trending briefs as they arise, taking point on in-the-moment, social-media friendly content.
• Appear on camera for videos and off-platform content, help record video for social media, and build alternative story formats.
• Track metrics to ensure efforts are focused on areas that engage the audience.

Requirements

• Experience and comfortability pursuing public records and building sources within athletic departments.
• Time management, multitasking, prioritization skills under tight deadlines, and strong communication skills.
• 3 or more years of professional experience covering athletics.
• Experience working with different CMSes, video, and SEO.
• Experience working with data sets and data visualization.
• Strong ability to use social media and KPIs to guide decision-making on story ideas and beat coverage.
• Familiarity with a range of sports and ability to pinch-hit on certain beats with little notice.

Skills

• Public records reporting
• Source building
• News writing
• Enterprise reporting
• Video production
• Social media management
• Data analysis
• SEO
• CMS utilization

Location

• Texas

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 3+ years

About the Company

• The Austin American-Statesman is the largest newspaper in Central Texas and one of the largest in the state, a division of Hearst Newspapers.
• Founded in 1871, the Statesman is an annual award winner and has been a Pulitzer finalist.
• Hearst Newspapers (HNP) represents 24 daily and 52 weekly publications nationwide, including the San Francisco Chronicle and Houston Chronicle.
• HNP is investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories, grow newsrooms, diversify tools, and evolve platforms.