About the role

  • Full-time Reporter-Editor at The Canadian Press, focusing on breaking news stories in Ontario. Engaging with local communities and producing multimedia content under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

  • Report on a wide variety of assignments, with a focus on breaking news in Ontario
  • Produce multimedia stories for print, online, audio and video
  • Generate original story ideas, with a focus on under-reported communities
  • Take interesting local stories and make them nationally relevant
  • Work creatively and concisely under tight deadline pressure
  • Serve as the primary breaking news reporter in Toronto on weekends
  • Be available for occasional evening work

Requirements

  • Journalism degree or equivalent experience
  • Three years of experience working in a real-time, digital newsroom
  • Familiarity with CP Stylebook and Caps and Spelling
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Superior research skills, including in using social media as a newsgathering tool
  • Copyediting experience is an asset
  • Bilingualism is an asset but not required

Job title

Reporter – Editor

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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