• Produce accountability journalism that examines whether lawmakers deliver on their promises, how they spend campaign money and who influences their decisions • Write enterprise stories that go beyond daily coverage to explore political dynamics, power relationships, and policy impact on communities across California • Collaborate with reporters across beats (education, environment, immigration, health, criminal justice, technology) on stories that require multiple perspectives • Use our Digital Democracy database — a cutting-edge tool that provides AI-generated tip sheets and data insights — to find exclusive stories other outlets miss • Translate complex government processes and policy debates into clear, accessible stories for our diverse California audience • Report for multiple platforms including our website, newsletters, radio and television

• Authoring two twice-weekly Axios newsletters with potential to increase cadence that feature insights and scoops that matter most to the hyper-local audience • A command of the local market along with the sourcing necessary to illuminate busy readers about the community where they live • Helping build Axios Local and shape how the product evolves • Ability to create stories across multiple platforms, including newsletter, web and social media.

• Identify key legislation and report on how it is moving through the system. • Package reporting, news and analysis on the California Capitol for a daily politics newsletter. • Compete with local and national outlets to provide readers with the timeliest and most authoritative information. • Create a must-read resource for daily politics news that examines legislation, lawmaker priorities and political jockeying and places it in the context of ongoing statewide and national conversations.

• Identify and pitch several stories per day, from quick, short pieces with unique angles on political news of the day as well as longer originally reported stories and analysis • Build and maintain relationships with leaders and staff in elected officials’ offices, campaigns, and advocacy organizations • Contribute to coverage of breaking news and live events, such as election nights and presidential debates • Help the newsroom track news developments in real time and alert editors to breaking news • Produce and contribute to data- and graphics-driven reporting that’s centered on statewide politics, campaign finance, voter registration and other topics • Analyze datasets critically to identify trends, inconsistencies, and story opportunities • Use video-clipping software such as TVEyes to incorporate video into stories as appropriate • Engage readers and expand the reach of reporting through an active, professional social media presence • Other responsibilities as assigned