Senior Writer/Editor Job at Gulfshore Business in Bonita Springs

Gulfshore Business seeks a senior writer/editor to work with our editorial team, providing coverage of the Southwest Florida business community. The ideal candidate should understand the Fort Myers/Lee County business landscape and the importance of local community news with the ability to write clean copy on deadline that’s accurate, thorough, concise and thought provoking.

1. Meet daily, monthly deadlines
2. Pursue exclusive content on a variety of topics from real estate to education to government
3. Develop long-form enterprise and investigative pieces
4. Cultivate and maintain a network of sources and relationships with key players in our communities
5. Dig underneath the words of city/county government agendas to find what’s really coming up at government meetings
6. Attend city/county government meetings

1. A bachelor’s degree and seven-plus years of experience working in daily or weekly newsroom environments
2. Exceptional writing and editing skills with the ability to produce content that is fair, accurate and thorough
3. Talent for identifying fresh angles on the news of the day, consistently pitching fresh, creative approaches that gives the “daily” story more perspective
4. A demonstrated ability to dig deeper into important stories with a thirst for digging through documents and building sources
5. A willingness to tackle any assignment from features and enterprise to government and business
6. An understanding of both the limitations of immediacy and advantages of long-range issues for monthly publications

• Full-time new hires: Eligible to participate in all Company benefit plans, including:
• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance, and HSA
• 1st of the month after 30 days of employment
• Subject to plan terms
• Eligibility for company-paid benefits such as life insurance & EAP and employee-paid benefits such as short-term disability
• PTO – Earned on Accrual Basis
• Company-Paid Holidays
• 401(k)

Southwest Florida is often praised as being one of the healthiest and happiest places in the world with miles of white-sand beaches and a dynamic community. Broadcast Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are a drug-free and smoke-free environment.