Reporter, Axios Colorado Springs

The role

This reporter will co-author a daily Axios newsletter and cover various aspects of life in Colorado Springs. The role involves using AI for reporting and helping to build Axios Local.

What you will do

• Co-authoring a daily Axios newsletter
• Covering many aspects of life in the city
• Experimenting with and leveraging AI for reporting and newsletter production
• Writing conversationally in Smart Brevity style
• Helping to build Axios Local and shaping how the product evolves

Required qualifications

• Interest in covering many aspects of life in the city
• Writing conversationally, in Axios' Smart Brevity style
• Experimenting with and leveraging AI for reporting and newsletter production

Nice to have

• Experience covering Colorado Springs
• Excellent sources and the desire to create new ones
• Ability to break news and create conceptual scoops
• Omnivorous curiosity about your hometown
• Ideas, ideas, ideas
• Comfort flexing some voice and personality in your writing
• Proven experience working in a fast-paced news environment and on deadline
• The desire to make yourself indispensable to local readers and to Axios Local
• Startup mentality and an entrepreneurial spirit

Benefits

• 401(k) with employer match
• Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
• Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution
• Dental and vision coverage
• Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
• Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
• One mental health day per quarter
• Annual learning and development stipend
• $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
• Tele-mental health services through Headspace
• OneMedical membership, including telehealth services
• Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate

About the company

Axios is a growth-stage company dedicated to providing trustworthy, essential news in a format that respects readers' time.