Public Safety Reporter - SE/Bu

Req #18948 Monday, October 11, 2021 Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is a subscription-led and digitally focused media and marketing solutions company committed to empowering communities to thrive. With an unmatched reach at the national and local level, Gannett touches the lives of millions with our Pulitzer-Prize winning content, consumer experiences and benefits, and advertiser products and services. Our current portfolio of media assets includes USA TODAY, local media organizations in 46 states in the U.S., and Newsquest, a wholly owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom with more than 120 local news media brands. Gannett also owns the digital marketing services companies ReachLocal, Inc., UpCurve, Inc., and WordStream, Inc., which are marketed under the LOCALiQ brand, and runs the largest media-owned events business in the U.S., USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures. To connect with us, visit www.gannett.com . Regional Reporter for Public-Centered Safety Issues USA TODAY NETWORK-North Carolina is seeking a regional public-centered safety reporter to work across our three-site Triad-area newsroom in the Piedmont area. This hybrid position based in Burlington, N.C., involves both public safety reporting and more broad data-related and societal enterprise reporting. Our Triad newsroom hires journalists who want to report informative, interesting local stories that resonate with our online audiences and that advance the community conversation. This part of the role will involve self-driven, rapid, confident day-to-day journalism that extends our ongoing relationship with digital subscribers. This role involves public safety reporting but is not your old cops beat or chasing ambulances. The journalism this reporter delivers will: Serve the needs of the communities most affected by crime and by the impact of policing tactics and strategies. Provide coverage that is people-centered and community-centered, not simply police-centered. Use information from police and prosecutors as a starting point to pursue a multitude of voices, perspectives and detail that can