Key Biscayne Independent is a publication of Miami Fourth Estate, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization. We cover Key Biscayne and vicinity with a focus on accountability and the environment.

Industry: Newspaper Publishing
Company Size: 2-10 employees

Key Biscayne Independent

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**The Key Biscayne Independent ** (KBI) is an award-winning hyper local newsroom founded by veteran journalists to focus on accountability reporting in and around Key Biscayne, Florida.

It is a publication of Miami Fourth Estate (MFE), a digital nonprofit news organization committed to standards of professional journalism excellence, providing timely and unbiased news in the Miami area. A key part of its mission is journalism education, working with leading journalism schools.

The**KBI is seeking an experienced reporter/editor **whose primary focus will be on hyper-local news coverage and editorial leadership. Topics include local government accountability, pressing local issues, politics, and environmental challenges in a multicultural community that is one of the nation’s top tourist areas. Additional topics would include equity, social issues, crime, education, business, and arts and culture.

Reporting to the editor-in-chief, the Senior Editor will be a newsroom leader and craft distinctive coverage while looking for long-term story trends and enterprise.  This position may be called upon to create eye-catching social promotion, find and verify important user-generated content and use digital tools to present stories in unique ways. Duties will also include mentoring journalism students.

This employee must have the ability and willingness to work as coverage demands.

The successful candidate will:

- Be experienced with general government coverage, including knowledge of legislative, budget, and procurement processes. Know how to initiate and follow-up on public records requests.

- Be experienced with the crime and legal reporting

- Work with the MFE editorial team to create spot and enterprise coverage that breaks news, has community impact and is exclusive to the MFE and its partners.

- Have strong communication skills and basic multimedia skills (photo, audio, and video).

- Have a great news sense and journalistic curiosity, with the ability to communicate and drive stories that people will want to share, like and talk about on social media and other platforms.

- Have a clear speaking voice in English suitable for on-air audio and video appearances.

**Qualifications: **  This position requires an excellent editorial eye and fast, accurate work skills. Typically, a candidate will have at least five (5) years of full-time experience at a daily newspaper, broadcast station, online or digital news outlet, or a news agency. **This is not an entry-level position. **

Other qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

- Authorization to work in the U.S. is mandatory.

- Advanced-level professional competency in written and spoken English. Professional competency in Spanish is a plus.

- Strong organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple projects across formats and deliver success on a complex, challenging story lines.

Expected to live in the Miami area and must be available **to staff important local news events in person. **

Senior Editor

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