Sports Reporter Job at Six Rivers Media, Kingsport, TN

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  • Six Rivers Media
  • Kingsport, TN

Job Description

Six Rivers Media, LLC a Newspaper company serving Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia is looking for a dynamic, versatile sports reporter to join our team. We're not just looking for someone to cover games. We want a journalist who digs deeper: someone who can analyze stats to uncover trends, produce smart enterprise reporting, and write features that spotlight the people and stories behind the scores. If you enjoy investigative sports journalism and can deliver clear, forward-looking analysis that helps readers understand what's coming next, we want to hear from you.

What you'll do 

  • Cover games and break sports news others follow
  • Develop feature, enterprise, and investigative stories with strong human focus 
  • Use data and numbers to find angles that go beyond the box score 
  • Build and engage audiences across all Six Rivers Media newspapers and websites 
  • Post stories to social media platforms and digital products
  • Work as part of a collaborative newsroom serving: - Two daily newspapers in Kingsport and Johnson City - Two weekly papers in Erwin and Mountain City (all in Tennessee)


Qualities we love 

  • Thrives in a deadline-driven environment
  • Multitasks smoothly while staying organized and detail- oriented
  • Can shoot and edit photos and video effectively 
  • Comfortable publishing to websites and social platforms
  • Generates fresh story ideas that entertain and engage readers 
  • Identifies, cultivates, and develops sources across the region
  • AP style knowledge is a plus One quality we insist on 
  • A relentless commitment to accuracy and informative reporting


A bachelor's degree in journalism or communications is highly prized. Six Rivers Media is a family-owned company deeply committed to great local journalism in both print and digital. We value our subscribers wherever they read us on the page or on the screen and we're looking for a reporter who shares that commitment. To apply: Email a cover letter, resume, and writing samples to sports editor, jvaughn@sixriversmedia.com.

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