Sportswriter-Laramie, WY

Sportswriter-Laramie, WY University of Wyoming Beat   Few newspapers of our size offer the growth opportunities you'll find here.  Your primary focus will be Division I athletics at the University of Wyoming, namely football and basketball. In the off-season, you’ll also contribute to our coverage of rodeo – Casper hosts the week-long College National Finals Rodeo each June – and other sports, from preps to outdoor adventures like rock climbing.   We’re looking for a well-rounded reporter who is comfortable in all facets of covering a beat, from quick-turnaround game stories to lengthy features and long-term projects. We want someone with excellent time management and organizational skills, including the ability to deliver on deadline and  manage multiple priorities. The ideal candidate will tell stories that go beyond the X’s and O’s, update our audience on the latest recruiting news and be comfortable using social media, making videos and producing podcasts.   This beat has helped propel former employees into big-time gigs at ESPN, the Seattle Times and CBS Sports, to name a few.    We take pride in being our state’s top media voice, and we take pride in routinely breaking the state’s biggest stories. Our reporters regularly win awards at state, regional and national competitions. Our sports section has a long history of consistently winning APSE awards, having collected 40 section/writing/website honors since 2010.  Outside the newsroom, Wyoming offers endless outdoor opportunities. We’re at the base of a beautiful mountain range where you can hike in the summer and ski in the winter. Camping and world-class fishing are just a short drive out of town.   This position will be based in Laramie, which is located in the southeastern part of the state. The Gem City of the Plains offers endless outdoor opportunities, from skiing or snowboarding at nearby Snowy Range Ski Area in the winter to hiking or mountain biking on one of the many trails just outside of town. Laramie boasts the big-city offerings of restaurants, shopping, microbreweries and the arts while still giving you plenty of room to breathe. And if you’re missing the big city itself, Denver is just a two-hour drive away.  Why Join Us? Lee Enterprises, Inc. offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.  Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 74 markets in 26 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1.0 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors.  Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we participate in Everify. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net. We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply at https://lee.net/careers/ and search for Casper or Laramie.  Be sure to include a cover letter, resume, and links to clip (or clips) of at least 5 examples of your work.