Commercial real estate is a priority beat at the Portland Business Journal.
Downtown office vacancies are at a record high, landlords are defaulting on loans, there is a shortage of affordable housing and financing for new projects is difficult to secure. The list of potential stories is long.
The Business Journal’s CRE reporter must be energetic, competitive, nimble and driven to break news derived from deep sourcing, public records and data. Being out in the community, meeting with sources, attending events, scoping out new developments is a must.
The ideal candidate will blend traditional journalism skills – source building, sharp news judgment, interviewing prowess and scoop-driven reporting – with online and social media know-how.
Business Journal reporters have the unique opportunity to write breaking, daily stories as well as long-form explanatory and investigative pieces.
Job Responsibilities
- Report and write short-form and long-form stories for the website and weekly print edition.
- Own the beat, dictating day-to-day coverage and thriving on digging out source-driven exclusives.
- Relentlessly develop sources and manage relationships with high-level executives and other community leaders.
- Scoop competitors on every story of any significance, not only telling them what happened, but why and how.
Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- Desire and ability to break news and to identify newsworthy events and sources
- Strong analytical and investigative-interviewing skills
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Ability to relate comfortably to a wide range of people, in person, on the phone and online
- A clear drive to develop sources and build audience
- Solid understanding of news writing, journalistic ethics and story structure.
- Ability to leverage relationships with sources to deliver content that differentiates the organization from competitors.
- Multimedia skills, including video, photos, broadcast, on-camera, helpful.
- Proficient with MS Office Products
- Proficient with Web-Based Communication Platforms (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.)
To apply, go here.