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The lifestyle reporter finds and develops stories about people, trends and events that illuminate life in the Northwest. Areas of focus include leisure pursuits, domestic concerns, personal health and well-being and social interactions. The reporter writes for print, digital and social media.

REPORTING: Find story ideas by getting out into the community, meeting people and hearing the stories they have to tell.

WRITING: Shape fresh, current, accurate pieces for a variety of products and audiences. Bring a clear, inviting voice to items of all lengths and formats – from Tweets and blog posts to 500-word narratives to long-form profiles.

READER ENGAGEMENT: Undertake features-related contests, polls, UGC projects and other reader-engagement items and activities. Actively cultivate a following on social media, such as Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest.

TEAMWORK: Collaborate with editors, producers and visual journalists to collectively create relevant, engaging and accurate content for multiple platforms. Support colleagues on group projects.

PRODUCTIVITY: Plan and execute a large volume of print and digital articles and projects in an intense deadline environment. Be willing and able to “spin” a 500-word lifestyle story off the news in a single day. Represent The Seattle Times at public events and via local print/broadcast outlets and social media.

College graduate with a degree in journalism or related field.

Daily or weekly digital or print reporting experience. Excellent grammar and language skills. Experience with web publishing and blogging software; advanced social media skills (Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram). 

To apply, submit the following materials via this website, no later than Sunday, March 23:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Five samples of your reporting work, preferably attached as Word or PDF files. You are welcome to use URLs to link to your clips, provided the content is not behind a paywall. To do so, collect the URLs in a single Word document and upload it when prompted.

Note that when uploading materials, after the resume all uploads are added one at a time from a single screen. Please do not click submit before all attachments have been uploaded, because you will not be able to edit your application after this step.

No phone calls, please.