🏃♀️ On-Ground Reporter

📌 About the job

On-Ground Reporter

📍 Based anywhere in India | Full-time | 100% video | 100% social

What you’ll do

• Shoe leather reporting wherever the story takes you
• Film using your phone to capture what's happening around you
• Find and cover underreported stories that deserve national attention
• Capture real voices, context and emotion
• Collaborate with editors and producers to sharpen stories for impact and clarity
• Turn around social-first news videos quickly without compromising accuracy

🎯 Who you are

• A natural storyteller with sharp instincts for news and people
• Comfortable being on camera and connecting with viewers in your own voice
• Quick thinking on your feet
• Curious, courageous and compassionate
• Good grasp of social media (you know how to hold a viewer's attention)
• Thrive in a fast-moving, deadline-driven environment
  

🔧 What you bring

• 2 - 3 years of reporting experience
• Strong on-ground news gathering and interview skills
• Demonstrated experience at shooting on phone (bonus if you edit too)
• Journalistic rigour for getting the story right
• Energy, hustle and passion to hit the ground running
  

💡 Why Spot On

This is a chance to shape how serious news feels in the age of social video. Spot On is an independent news startup transforming how young Indians get their news 🗞️ We tell the stories that no one else will -- with clarity, credibility and courage. You’ll be part of an innovative newsroom that’s building for the creator era and bringing attention to urgent and untold stories in India.

📧 How to apply

handles@spot.news

• Your CV
• Links to 1 - 2 short video reports you’ve produced or appeared in
• 2 -3 lines on one underreported story you’d love to cover for Spot On and how you would cover it
• Your social media handles

Serious applicants only (please 🙏)

👉🏾 Not a fit for this role but believe in what we’re building?

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