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McClatchy Media is seeking an audience-focused reporter to join its collaborative and hard-working Herald-Leader newsroom as a service journalism reporter.  The reporter will be based in Lexington, known as the Horse Capital of the World, and will join a team-oriented reporting group that is always looking for new ways to reach readers and tell the unique stories of Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region.   The service journalism team is focused on utility journalism with a mission to help local readers navigate day-to-day life. Service journalists use an accessible approach to write explainers, Q&As, fact checks and answer questions locally trending online. Reporters in this role also contribute to local and regional news and breaking news coverage.  This reporter should be able to craft stories based on local users’ needs and interests, engage directly with readers online and potentially in person.  The reporter in this position will write frequently – they will welcome daily...

McClatchy Media is seeking an audience-focused reporter to join its collaborative and hard-working Island Packet newsroom as a service journalism reporter.  The reporter will be based in Hilton Head, a coastal resort town with a rich heritage, and will join a team-oriented reporting group that is always looking for new ways to reach readers and tell the unique stories of South Carolina’s Lowcountry. The service journalism team is focused on utility journalism with a mission to help local readers navigate day-to-day life. Service journalists use an accessible approach to write explainers, Q&As, fact checks and answer questions locally trending online. Reporters in this role also contribute to local and regional news and breaking news coverage.  This reporter should be able to craft stories based on local users’ needs and interests, engage directly with readers online and potentially in person.  The reporter in this position will write frequently – they will welcome...

The News & Observer is seeking an aggressive, audience-focused accountability reporter to cover how priorities are set and power is exercised in Raleigh — at City Hall and beyond. This reporter will center the needs of Raleigh residents, taxpayers and employers, and examine how effectively city leaders are responding to those needs. City Hall coverage is a key part of this job, but the role is much broader than a traditional “Raleigh City Council beat.” Your mission is to surface what matters most to Raleigh residents and the standards they set for their leaders, and to chronicle the city’s progress toward the future they want. You’ll help answer questions about whether people can afford to keep living or operating businesses here as property values skyrocket, how neighborhoods and demographics are changing, whether Raleigh is a smart place to relocate or grow a company, and whether infrastructure, parks and services are keeping up with growth. You’ll look at growth and...

The Sacramento Bee seeks an experienced, innovative and energetic editor to oversee our team of reporters who deliver exclusive reporting on California politics, public policy and elections.  There has never been a better time to tackle this job, with California’s wide-open gubernatorial race heating up at the same time Proposition 50 has reshaped mid-term congressional races. Whether it’s overseeing coverage of campaign finance, lobbying, an outgoing governor considered a leading candidate for president, or the Trump administration’s impact on the state’s economy, workforce and demographics, every day will present an opportunity to grow our audience and serve the public — all the reasons you got into journalism. This editor will oversee our Capitol Bureau, a group of six hard-charging journalists who cover the government of the largest state in the nation and the fourth-largest economy in the world, as well as the California congressional delegation. Strong candidates will...

The Kansas City Star, winner of nine Pulitzer Prizes, is looking for a vibrant and dynamic journalist to spearhead a new initiative to cover Gen Z life and relationships. The Star is a dedicated, innovative newsroom determined to build the future of news — by fostering journalists, evolving our news coverage and building bridges within our community. It’s the perfect space for a visionary journalist who can understand and represent Gen Z to help us demonstrate the vitality of local journalism in today’s world.  In this role, you should spend your days talking to Gen Z residents of Kansas City. You should get to know where they live, party, work, date, exercise, eat, socialize, shop and relax.  Tell their stories. Highlight their problems. Reflect the things that matter most to them. Be their guide, their voice and their point of connection with their local community. Show the rest of Kansas City the way Gen Z works — their culture, their hangouts, their stories — and how...

The Tri-City Herald is looking for a collaborative, audience-focused reporter to elevate our coverage of our fastest-growing city, Pasco, and our Latino communities. Our coverage area encompasses the Mid-Columbia and Lower Yakima Valley which represent the highest percentage of Latino residents in Washington state. We’re looking for a reporter who can balance daily and breaking news, along with quick-turn enterprise stories that focus on the changing face of the Tri-Cities community. The Tri-Cities -- Kennewick, Richland and Pasco -- is a growing community of 320,000 in southeast Washington in the heart of the state’s agricultural and wine country but also at the hub for energy, engineering and scientific research. Our journalism is all about local. We pride ourselves on breaking news first, producing hard-nosed, accountability journalism and telling unique stories that our audience can’t get anywhere else.  This is a job for a resourceful digger who understands that...

The State is looking for a high-energy, self-starting journalist to serve as our Columbia culture influencer and become a leading face of our short-form video content and social media platforms. This role is ideal for a digital storyteller who thrives in front of the camera, understands the power of short-form video, and is passionate and knowledgeable about two of our core audience topics: food and college sports. This isn’t a typical reporting position. We’re seeking someone whose content separates us from our competition and ultimately provides the kind of value that compels people to become loyal followers who engage with, and subscribe to, our content. In this role, you will collaborate with our sports and metro teams to deliver high-level content on the ever-changing retail, dining and lifestyle scene of the city as well as all things Gamecocks. This includes your own original work and providing video support for other reporters’ work on occasion. You will also be the...

Charlotte is a rapidly growing city that will soon tip the scales with more than 1 million people. That means more stress on a transportation network that includes the sixth-busiest airport in the country, a train and bus system grappling with safety concerns, roads that are increasingly congested, and pedestrians and bike riders looking for alternative solutions to it all. The Charlotte Observer is seeking a transportation reporter deeply interested in how the city and region moves. Transportation and commuting are at the heart of some of the area’s biggest and most important stories. After much lobbying and campaigning, a referendum passed in November 2025 to raise the county sales tax to fund billions of dollars for roads, rail lines and busing. A deadly stabbing on the light rail made international news. The newly formed Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority is responsible for how that money is spent and how those projects operate. This reporter will hold the...

The News Tribune is looking for a collaborative, audience-focused reporter to help us expand our coverage of transportation in the Pierce County area.  This reporter will take a unique service journalism approach that focuses on listening to and serving local readers with quick, need-to-know information in an accessible format. We’re looking for a reporter who can balance daily and breaking news (think wrecks and traffic jams) along with quick-turn enterprise stories that focus on road work, transportation projects and how our tax dollars are spent.  This is a job for a resourceful digger who understands that building a loyal audience around a topic requires publishing consistently and often. You are right for this role if you understand that frequent, consistent publishing builds habits in readers, who come to trust that they can depend on you to deliver each day, giving them a reason to come back and engage. You will be the face of our coverage, so front-facing video...

The Raleigh metro area’s fastest-growing communities demand a new kind of local reporter — someone resourceful and quick-moving, as comfortable breaking urgent news as illuminating the deeper stories behind community change. The News & Observer is seeking a dynamic, high-energy journalist to lead must-read coverage of Cary and other Western Wake County suburban communities. You’ll be tasked with holding leaders accountable and helping residents make the most of life in these opportunity-rich suburbs. Residents of Western Wake put quality of life first, taking pride in excellent schools, abundant new housing and neighborhood amenities that attract families, professionals and newcomers. Traffic, development and the ever-changing dining and shopping scene are constant subjects of conversation. People are attentive to the actions of their elected officials and passionate about how public decisions touch daily life, even when opinions diverge on solutions. This is fertile ground...

The Raleigh metro area’s fastest-growing communities demand a new kind of local reporter — someone resourceful and quick-moving, as comfortable breaking urgent news as illuminating the deeper stories behind community change. The News & Observer is seeking a dynamic, high-energy journalist to lead must-read coverage of Cary and other Western Wake County suburban communities. You’ll be tasked with holding leaders accountable and helping residents make the most of life in these opportunity-rich suburbs. Residents of Western Wake put quality of life first, taking pride in excellent schools, abundant new housing and neighborhood amenities that attract families, professionals and newcomers. Traffic, development and the ever-changing dining and shopping scene are constant subjects of conversation. People are attentive to the actions of their elected officials and passionate about how public decisions touch daily life, even when opinions diverge on solutions. This is fertile ground...

The News Tribune is looking for a collaborative, audience-focused reporter to help us expand our coverage of transportation in the Pierce County area.  This reporter will take a unique service journalism approach that focuses on listening to and serving local readers with quick, need-to-know information in an accessible format. We’re looking for a reporter who can balance daily and breaking news (think wrecks and traffic jams) along with quick-turn enterprise stories that focus on road work, transportation projects and how our tax dollars are spent.  This is a job for a resourceful digger who understands that building a loyal audience around a topic requires publishing consistently and often. You are right for this role if you understand that frequent, consistent publishing builds habits in readers, who come to trust that they can depend on you to deliver each day, giving them a reason to come back and engage. You will be the face of our coverage, so front-facing video...

The Miami Herald is seeking an energetic, enterprising and community-focused Surviving Miami Reporter to help readers navigate the realities of living in one of the most expensive, complicated and fascinating regions in the country. This is a high-impact, high-output role for a reporter who thrives on daily reporting, audience connection and practical storytelling. The Surviving Miami reporter will focus on affordability, quality of life, everyday challenges — and solutions — facing South Floridians. Think housing costs, insurance, traffic, transit, utilities, wages, fees, scams, deals, climate annoyances, iguanas, humidity, and all the ways people are trying to make life work here. The goal: connecting with the concerns of real people and providing real help, delivered with clarity, urgency and personality.  What you’ll do Report and write frequent, highly useful stories - an average of 4 to 6 per week - focused on affordability, survival and day-to-day problem-solving...

The Miami Herald is seeking a highly productive, ambitious reporter to cover education in South Florida. This is a demanding beat for a journalist who thrives on momentum and knows how to own a complex subject day in and day out. We’re looking for a reporter who can consistently deliver — breaking news, smart dailies, quick-turn explainers and service journalism for families — and who understands that strong beats are built through volume, urgency and follow-through as well as depth. The ideal candidate is an energetic multitasker who can manage a fast-moving beat, identify multiple storylines at once, and keep them moving. You should be a resourceful digger with an instinct for accountability reporting, a compelling writer who can clearly explain complex systems, and an audience-first journalist who knows how to spot stories readers need now. The education beat sits at the intersection of politics, culture and family life, nowhere more so than in Florida, a state shaped by...

The Kansas City Star, winner of nine Pulitzer Prizes, is seeking a personable, audience-oriented journalist to become our KC Restaurant Guide. Kansas City loves to eat. It’s at the center of our “going out” plans, a huge part of our entertainment. And we have a remarkable award-winning restaurant scene that offers some of the best meals you can find anywhere. It’s not just barbecue — really. And almost as much as we love to eat, we love to talk about our food: What’s the best? Why don’t we have…? Whatever happened to…? Where can I find…?  This Kansas City reporter will be tasked with answering all those questions and more, joining our existing restaurants and retail reporter to expand our coverage of this vibrant food scene and our engagement with these voracious readers.  Stories might include openings and closings, high-utility lists, Q&As with readers, behind-the-scenes features, first-person pieces and nuanced discussions of how KC’s food scene compares to others....

Charlotte is a rapidly growing city that will soon tip the scales with more than 1 million people. That means more stress on a transportation network that includes the sixth-busiest airport in the country, a train and bus system grappling with safety concerns, roads that are increasingly congested, and pedestrians and bike riders looking for alternative solutions to it all. The Charlotte Observer is seeking a transportation reporter deeply interested in how the city and region moves. Transportation and commuting are at the heart of some of the area’s biggest and most important stories. After much lobbying and campaigning, a referendum passed in November 2025 to raise the county sales tax to fund billions of dollars for roads, rail lines and busing. A deadly stabbing on the light rail made international news. The newly formed Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority is responsible for how that money is spent and how those projects operate. This reporter will hold the...