Florida Correspondent, National Desk

Intro to Position

NPR's National Desk is seeking an experienced, versatile and enterprising correspondent to cover Florida and the Southeast. This means having expertise in reporting on everything from extreme weather and the environment to Southern culture and diaspora communities, producing high-level journalism that resonates with a national audience on multiple platforms (radio, text, video, podcasts). Coverage should be people-focused, explaining how news events are relevant to the lives of real people and what’s at stake.

The correspondent will be expected to travel throughout Florida, the U.S. and overseas to cover breaking news outside of their beat when needed. Fluency in Spanish (spoken and written) is strongly preferred. A successful candidate for this job also should be able to take on editing duties when needed.

This is a union represented role covered under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement with SAG-AFTRA.

This is an NPR editorial role covered under the terms of the NPR Ethics Handbook. All editorial staff are bound by this guidance. Editorial staff are defined as staff members who play a role in shaping the journalistic or creative direction of NPR's content, including events.

Application Instructions

• Application Deadline: Monday, May 11th at 10am ET
• Materials to Submit: Please submit a cover letter along with your application. This cover letter should include 3 story ideas you’d pursue if you were in the role today.

Responsibilities

• Report and write distinctive stories on a variety of topics impacting Florida and the Southeast – from quick-turn stories on breaking news to longer-term enterprise stories, executed on multiple platforms, including audio, digital and video.
• Develop news sources to get scoops and recognize big developments on the beat before others do.
• Perform occasional editing duties.
• Report and write with authority, accuracy and fairness and meticulously check facts.
• Provide live information and analysis on NPR shows.
• Travel with regularity and as story coverage warrants.
• Build and maintain relationships with NPR member stations in Florida.
• Engage with diverse sources.
• Cover breaking domestic news outside Florida as needed, often traveling on short notice.

The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list of required responsibilities, duties and skills. Other duties may be assigned, and this job description can be modified at any time.

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 10 years of professional reporting experience.
• Demonstrated ability to pivot from breaking news to analysis to longer-form entrepreneurial reporting projects.
• Demonstrated ability to report for multiple platforms, including video.
• Demonstrated editing experience. 
• Willingness and ability to travel.
• Ability to explain technical jargon, data and policy topics so that a general news audience can understand their significance and relevance.
• Ability to meet deadlines and to thrive in a daily, unpredictable news-production environment.
• Commitment to detailed research and fact-checking.
• Proven ability and commitment to work well with others, demonstrating at all times respect for the diverse constituencies at NPR and within the public radio system.
• Ability and willingness to relocate.

In the future, NPR may choose to transfer employees to other geographic locations. Severance provisions of the SAG-AFTRA collective bargaining agreement will apply should you choose not to accept a transfer.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in Spanish strongly preferred.
• Experience covering Florida.
• Experience reporting and producing audio journalism.
• Knowledge of public radio and the public radio system.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

Work Location & Requirements

• Remote-Required: This position requires remote work from the state of Florida. This role includes duties that are better performed or are required to be performed in a designated location OUTSIDE of an NPR facility. The employee is required to work at a designated remote work location.

Job Type

• This is a full-time, exempt position.

Compensation

Salary Range: The U.S. based anticipated salary range for this opportunity is $150,000 - $165,000 plus benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salaries NPR expects to provide for new hires for the position across all US locations.

This position will require the employee to enter into a personal services contract with NPR. A copy of that agreement will be provided to the final candidate for review at the time they are offered the position, along with a copy of the current collective bargaining agreement between NPR and SAG-AFTRA.

NPR Benefits: NPR offers access to comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents. Regular, full-time employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week are eligible to enroll in NPR’s benefits options. Benefits include access to health and wellness, paid time off, and financial well-being. Plan options include medical, dental, vision, life/ accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, short-term disability, and voluntary retirement savings to all eligible NPR employees. 

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