The Hiller Companies

High School Sports Reporter

The Hiller Companies  •  $50k - $56k/yr  •  Boston, MA (Onsite)  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description

Strengthening and empowering all of the communities we serve.

High School Sports Reporter - Boston

MassLive, the largest news and information website in Massachusetts, is looking for an experienced high school sports reporter to help their team expand into the Boston Area.

We are looking for someone who can work alongside our High School Sports Editor to continue to build our Boston coverage, play a role in content strategy and report on some of the biggest schools in the state.

We are also looking for someone who can work collaboratively with our high school sports team. The candidate must be comfortable with writing and reporting from games, gathering data for our high school sports stats platform, coming up with creative storylines and utilizing our position as a digital media outlet to produce multi-dimensional content.

The reporter will be responsible for all aspects of coverage, including rankings for teams and players, breaking news and feature stories.

Ideal candidate will have the following:

  • A degree in journalism or communication, or an equivalent education and work experience with proven ability in journalism reporting and writing.
  • Minimum of two years of journalism experience with a proven ability in reporting and writing required.
  • Ability to work independently and remotely under deadline pressure and prioritize tasks appropriately.
  • Solid understanding of news writing, reporting, journalistic ethics and story structure.
  • Must be able to work nights and some weekends.
  • Ability to learn and master the methods and applications used to deliver content across a variety of platforms.
  • Ability to leverage relationships with sources to deliver content that differentiates the organization from competitors.
  • Mastery of social media and digital interaction.
  • Bilingual and multilingual language skills are a plus.
  • Ability to shoot, edit and publish short-form video content optimized for Instagram and mobile audiences
  • Comfortable appearing on camera for live hits, interviews and social media-first reporting; broadcast experience a plus

This position pays between $49,500 to $56,000 annually.

Share samples of your best work or a list of story links when you apply.

This job requires reliable transportation to meet with sources or cover events.

The Hiller Companies

About The Hiller Companies

The Hiller Companies, Inc. offers fire protection products and services that are preserving lives and property all around the world. Headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, Hiller extends its reach globally as well as locally with offices in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia. We are proud to safeguard everything from small businesses to nuclear testing facilities, yachts to aircraft carriers, and gas stations to offshore platforms.

Hiller's service organization provides inspections, routine and emergency maintenance for fire suppression, detection, sprinkler and other systems. We also service and recharge fire extinguishers for all market areas; including commercial buildings, restaurants, industrial plants, oil platforms and ships. Our personnel are NICET-certified and factory-trained by our key suppliers and we maintain DOT-approved hydrostatic testing, dry chemical, CO2, FM200 and Halon 1301 refill stations.

Hiller also offers a variety of products and parts to support our customers. These products include portable and fixed fire extinguishers, hoses, hose reels, nozzles, foam and other material/equipment involved in fire detection and suppression. We also provide safety equipment such as gloves, fire resistant clothing, safety glasses, masks, air breathing apparatus and other similar items. These products are sold from inventory or shipped directly to our customers from our vendors.

The following vendors we have on schedule include Ansul, Amerex, Kidde, Siemens, Survivair, Akron Brass and Gentex, just to name a few.

Industry
Facilities & Workplace
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Mobile, Al
Year Founded
1919
Website
hillerfire.com
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