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About the Role

The Austin American-Statesman is seeking an experienced reporter to cover Austin real estate, including residential and commercial development, market trends, and policy shaping growth. The ideal candidate will be a proactive scoop-getter with strong writing skills and an entrepreneurial approach to the beat.

Responsibilities

• Break news and deliver exclusive enterprise on real estate sales, leases, developments, and market trends.
• Produce multi-platform stories including articles, social video, data-rich interactives, and newsletter content.
• Pitch and write three to five stories per week, including breaking news, enterprise, and investigations.
• Mine data from various sources such as municipalities, courts, state agencies, real estate associations, brokers, and banks to identify trends.
• Develop a network of sources among developers, builders, financiers, government officials, and neighborhood groups.
• Utilize audience and performance data to inform story selection.
• Collaborate with Audience and Multimedia teams on social video and community engagement.
• Collaborate with the Regional Data team on data visualization projects.
• Develop recurring newsletters, databases, guides, and other products for readers.
• Identify opportunities to create useful tools like searchable databases, trackers, explainers, calculators, maps, and alerts.
• Represent the Statesman at industry events, public meetings, and community gatherings to build sources and audience relationships.

Requirements

• At least five years of daily journalism experience.
• At least three years in business, real estate, or growth and development coverage.
• Digital-first mindset with strong SEO, headline writing, and audience instincts.
• Ability to balance breaking news with enterprise and analysis that influences policy discussions.
• Experience working with public records and market data (building permits, market reports, state filings, zoning cases, deed and plat records).
• Ability to convert data into clear, compelling stories.
• Adept at using social platforms to track companies, officials, and community conversations.
• Track record of source development in various company types (publicly traded, closely held, private).
• Experience covering earnings reports and SEC filings.
• Ability to collaborate in a fast-paced environment with visuals, data, and audience teams across Hearst Texas newsrooms.
• Willingness to think beyond daily stories to develop projects, reader products, and new distribution strategies.

Skills

• Journalism
• Real estate reporting
• Business reporting
• Growth and development coverage
• SEO
• Headline writing
• Audience engagement
• Data analysis
• Public records research
• Market data analysis
• Social media proficiency
• Source development
• Collaboration
• Multi-platform storytelling
• Data visualization

Location

• Austin, Texas

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 5+ years daily journalism experience
• 3+ years business/real estate coverage experience

About the Company

• The Austin American-Statesman has been the leading source of news and information for Central Texas since 1871, serving a dynamic and fast-growing region anchored by the capital city of Texas. Austin is known for its vibrant tech industry, rich cultural heritage, influential government institutions and creative spirit. The Statesman's award-winning journalists provide in-depth coverage of the issues that matter most to Austinites — from local government and business to education, the environment and Austin’s ever-evolving music and cultural scenes. With a strong focus on accountability journalism and investigative reporting, the Statesman plays a critical role in informing and engaging its community.
• Hearst Newspapers (HNP) represents a network of 24 daily and 52 weekly publications, including the Austin American-Statesman, San Antonio Express-News, and Houston Chronicle. HNP is investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories, growing newsrooms, diversifying tools, and evolving platforms to support millions of people monthly.

Equal Opportunity

• Recognizing the diverse needs of our candidates, if you are interested in applying for employment and need assistance or an accommodation to use our website or regarding the application process, please contact us by email at hnpemployment@hearst.com. Please do not use this email address to inquire about the status of applications. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests for a reasonable accommodation through this email address.