Entry-level reporter job opening @ Seattle Times

The Seattle Times, a daily 240,000-circulation newspaper, has an opening for a three-year reporting residency designed for beginning journalists with some professional experience.

The program gives journalists a range of newsroom experiences, plus on-the-job training and development. We're looking for someone who's shown an ability to find and break news, write engaging feature and enterprise stories, and shown a passion for watchdog journalism. Strong digital and multimedia skills are a plus. Residents will receive a development plan and regular feedback, and be assigned a mentor.

Applicants must have graduated by the time the residency begins. Applicants must have had some successful internships at news organizations and/or a year or two professional experience at daily newspapers or other media organizations. Applicants must have a car.

Click here to apply online.

Business reporter job @ Seattle area newspaper

The family-owned Skagit Valley Herald, a 17,000-circulation daily newspaper between Seattle and Vancouver, seeks an enthusiastic business reporter who is flexible enough to cover anything from features to government.

Candidates with a bachelor’s degree and at least two years’ daily reporting experience required. Experience covering business preferred. Today’s journalist needs powerful reporting skills and a solid understanding of multimedia storytelling. Full benefits in the beautiful Skagit Valley, just a skip up the road from Seattle.

Send cover letter, resume and representative work samples by Jan. 18 to Editor Colette Weeks, cweeks@skagitpublishing.com or mail to P.O. Box 578, Mount Vernon, WA 98274.

Assistant editor job @ Seattle wedding magazine

Junebug Weddings (www.junebugweddings.com), a popular online wedding magazine with an exclusive membership of luxury wedding professionals from around the world, has a job opening in its Seattle office for a tech-savvy writer to assist its Executive Editor in researching and developing content for its blogs while being the editorial liaison for its member businesses.

Position is part-time, 20 hours per week, with opportunity for full-time. Click here for more details.

Responsibilities include helping to promote company's objectives through blog articles and online social networking sites. Duties assigned by the Executive Editor will include:
-Researching and drafting blog articles on topics like wedding fashion trends, design ideas, photography, and event planning
-Interviewing wedding professionals
-Providing member care and customer service follow-up
-Creating and managing calls for submissions
-Responding to e-mails, blog comments, tweets and Facebook posts
-Monitoring and updating social networking platforms
-Working on various administrative and organizational projects
-Attending industry and networking events

To apply, please send a cover letter detailing why you would love to work for Junebug Weddings with your resume, salary requirements, and either your blog URL or two writing samples to jobs(at)junebugweddings(dot)com by January 15, 2012. Please put "Assistant Editor" in the subject line. No phone calls.

Entry-level reporter job @ Seattle area newspaper

Tribune Newspapers of Snohomish County, a chain of weekly newspapers about 45 minutes from Seattle, seeks an entry level reporter to start immediately. Applicants must have general reporting experience or journalism degree and be able to attend city/school meetings. Send resume and clips to editor[at]snoho.com or fax to (360) 568-1484.

Staff writer job @ Seattle Weekly

Seattle Weekly, an 80,000 alternative news weekly, seeks a full-time staff writer.

"We are looking for a reporter with the writing skills necessary to produce both long-form magazine-style stories and contributions to our news blog, The Daily Weekly," the ad states. "If your copy is as much a pleasure to read as it is well researched, we want to hear from you. We offer competitive salaries and benefits."

Send your best clips, a resume and a cover letter to: Seattle-staff-writer@villagevoicemedia.com