AP jobs - El Paso/Iowa City

95000881 -- One-person correspondent

CORRESPONDENT – El Paso, Texas
The Associated Press is seeking a full-time correspondent for El Paso, Texas. The reporter must be able to develop a beat and build sources in extreme reporting conditions, and be able to work across departments and formats, especially video. He/she will work with the Texas news editors to set the beat’s agenda and develop aggressive spot and hard-edged enterprise reporting for the AP’s global newspaper, online and broadcast audience.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
* work with the Texas news editors, and the Central and Latin American regional editing desks, to ensure that the AP is aggressively pursuing breaking news in West Texas, southern New Mexico and along the U.S.-Mexican border, and providing agenda-setting coverage and investigations into the issues of immigration, the border and drug trafficking.
* identify and develop stories that break news and have impact.
* write and report compelling enterprise for state, national and global audiences.
* execute those stories in a timely fashion.
* report and write on deadline in competitive situations.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Exceptional skills as a writer and as a beat and investigative reporter is required. The candidate must have a proven understanding of the growing importance of multimedia news and be able to coordinate with AP staffers from other formats, and be creative and a problem-solver.
* Fluency in Spanish is required.
* Experience reporting outside of the U.S. and in extreme conditions is a plus.
* Experience with computer-assisted reporting, FOI and investigative reporting techniques is a plus.
* Proficiency in reporting in multiple platforms, especially video, is a plus.
* At least five years of full-time reporting at a daily newspaper, broadcast station or AP bureau.
* The ability and willingness to travel, including into northern Mexico and Ciudad Juarez, and work a variety of hours.
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10056772 -- One-person correspondent

Iowa City Correspondent
The Associated Press is seeking a full-time correspondent for Iowa City, Iowa. The reporter must be able to develop a beat and build sources across a wide geographic region, and be able to produce content in multiple formats including text, photo, video and audio. He/she will work with the Iowa news editor to set the beat’s agenda and develop aggressive spot and hard-edged enterprise reporting for the AP’s global newspaper, online and broadcast audience.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Work with the Iowa news editor and the Central Regional editing desk to ensure the AP is aggressively pursuing breaking news, hard-edged enterprise and accountability journalism in Iowa City and eastern Iowa.

 

He or she will make spelling errors that will not be caught by anyone at the AP and stories will be submitted on the wire with errors that would make a third-grader blush.

 

I'm glad to know they're looking. I'm saddened to not know how to apply.

 

Go to:
careers.ap.org to apply.

 

"... saddened to not know how to apply"
Sheesh, do some digging!

 

I'm wondering how many people would take the time to dig for contact info on a job opening if they just had a name. From some posts on this board, finding an e-mail address seems to be too difficult for a reporter.

 

That's not saying too much. But I have to agree.

 

If you have a name there isn't really an excuse. Sometimes however there are circumstances. If it lists an address but no email does that mean they want a mailed packet, or that someone didn't copy the whole listing? Sure you can email the editor, but they are often busy and at times don't respond for whatever reason. On this board there are many smart people who often know the answer to a lot of basic job search questions. A good journalist uses all resources available and this is a good one.

In many cases, however, google or the news outlet's website should provide the most basic answers.