Climate change/Environment Reporter Job at Gannett

Gannett is seeking a Climate Change/Environment Reporter for the Savannah Morning News to cover local and regional environmental issues. The role involves reporting on topics like sea-level rise, industrial development impacts, and climate-related weather changes. Responsibilities include storytelling, community engagement, collaboration with the content team, and data analysis. The position aims to inform and empower readers about climate change complexities. The job is located in Savannah, GA.
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Gannett Co., Inc. is a diversified media company with expansive reach at the national and local level dedicated to empowering and enriching communities.

We seek to inspire, inform, and connect audiences as a scalable, growth-focused media and digital marketing solutions company. Our current portfolio of trusted media brands includes the USA TODAY NETWORK, comprised of the national publication, USA TODAY, and local media organizations in the United States, and Newsquest, a wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom.

Savannah Morning News/savannahnow.com

The Savannah Morning News/savannahnow.com, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, is seeking an experienced climate change/environment reporter to cover environmental and climate issues that have local, regional, and statewide significance.

This reporter will cover issues including sea-level rise and its impacts on beaches, barrier islands, and protected marshlands, the loss of freshwater wetlands to industrial and residential development.

The correlation and causal relationships between climate and severe weather have grown in urgency as Savannah and Coastal Georgia face increasing hurricane threats, fewer cooler days in winter, and more high heat days throughout the year.

Key Areas of Concern
• Unchecked growth and development, regional pressure from the Port Authority of Georgia, the Hyundai Metaplant, and economic development policies exacerbate environmental issues, including the loss of valuable tree canopy and the quality and supply of drinking water.
• The impact of growth on the locally grown food supply, the loss of agricultural lands, and signature crops such as peanuts, cotton, and soybeans.

About the Role

This climate change reporter will cover and write about all aspects of climate change and its effects on the environment, economy, quality of life, and trends.

The goal is to foster an understanding of the complexities of climate change to empower readers. We value solutions-oriented journalism and accountability and infuse our reporting with those elements to provide our readers with the critical information they can use when making decisions about their lives.

Our need to cover climate and environment has statewide interest. Content that has an even broader interest will be shared with the USA TODAY Network.

Responsibilities
• Create storytelling that accurately informs, entertains, and engages specific audiences and platforms through the use of metrics.
• Connect with the community through storytelling and outreach (social media, on camera, forums, community leadership, etc.).
• Collaborate with the content team to provide all appropriate elements for stories (i.e., photos, videos, and graphics).
• Promote personal brand, the brands of colleagues, and the institutional brand.
• Explore and report on the widest range of news and trends, connecting with our audience's passion.
• Content strategies include print, branded digital platforms, traditional and emerging social media, events, apps, and curation of contributed and expert content.
• Place a high priority on data analysis to identify trends that would otherwise go unreported.
• Demonstrate clear, concise writing skills with strong nut graphs and