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State Reporter (3 Positions Available): SUMMARY: This is a local political reporting position in the states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.  TAI is hiring three (3) seasoned political reporters, one for each state, with a good pulse on the ins and outs of state and local politics, policies, and people.  As a State Reporter, you will be contributing consistent, accurate, and mission-aligned reporting to TAI’s various news properties. We are especially interested in reporters who concentrate on policies around economics, healthcare, and infrastructure, making these issue areas accessible to a wide audience. Working closely with editorial leadership, this reporter should pitch story ideas about state politics as well as be available for and responsive to other assignments as needed. We will prioritize reporters living in Michigan, Pennsylvania & Wisconsin.  RESPONSIBILITIES * Pitch fresh angles on reported news of the day as related to state-specific politics, especially policies around economics, healthcare, and infrastructure   * Collaborate with editors and other writers to brainstorm, pitch, and produce originally reported stories. * Pick up and expand on story pitches from outside sources and as assigned by editors.  * Be able to quickly and cleanly write stories that are accurate, well-sourced, and fact-checked. * Track news developments in real-time and share with the editorial team as needed. * Cultivate a network of sources within American/Michigan, Pennsylvania & Wisconsin politics and progressive issue advocacy. * Meet daily, monthly, and quarterly deadlines and content output goals. * Collaborate with other team members as needed. SALARY RANGE:  $80,000-$94,000/year EMPLOYMENT TERM: This is a limited-term position beginning September 2023 through November 2024 with the possibility of an extension.    QUALIFICATIONS * 4 years of experience in journalism, reporting, writing, or other related field or a B.S. or B.A. in journalism. * Exceptional writing skills.  * Excellent understanding of national politics, local politics, and campaigns at both the federal and the state levels, with an emphasis on economics, health care, and infrastructure in each state.  * Established sources and experience reporting on politics * Ability to travel across the state to cover * Solid news judgment. * Communicative, engaged, and eager to take initiative. * Capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously. Able to adjust priorities and/or story focus quickly as the news shifts. * Organized, detail-oriented. * Knowledge of and familiarity with AP style are a major plus. * Ability to work well with others in a virtual workspace. See more jobs at Journalismnext.com

New Job at NABJcareers.org Government Reporter: Augusta, Georgia The Times-News Local Government Reporter Augusta, GA, USA Req #40293  Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is a subscription-led and digitally-focused media and marketing solutions company committed to empowering communities to thrive. With an unmatched reach at the national and local level, Gannett touches the lives of millions with our Pulitzer Prize-winning content, consumer experiences and benefits, and advertiser products and services. Our current portfolio of media assets includes The USA TODAY NETWORK, which includes USA TODAY, and local media organizations in 43 states in the United States, and Newsquest, a wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom. We also own digital marketing services companies under the brand LocaliQ, which provide a cloud-based platform of products to enable small and medium-sized businesses to accomplish their marketing goals. In addition, our portfolio includes one of the largest media-owned events businesses in the U.S., USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures.   Gannett open roles are featured on various external job boards. When applying to a position at Gannett, you should be completing an application on Gannett Careers via Dayforce. Job postings directing you to complete an application on other external sites may not be valid.    To connect with us, visit www.gannett.com The Augusta Chronicle / augustachronicle.com, part of the USA TODAY Network, is seeking a local government reporter with the awareness, reporting and source-building skills, courage, and sensitivity to cover one of the most important beats in the newsroom: Augusta City Hall and the Columbia County Commission. As a watchdog, storyteller and public servant, the reporter will confront disparities with vigor, remain dogged in the quest for ambitious solutions-based journalism and constantly look beyond data to humanize the most pressing issues facing two of east Georgia’s largest governments. Augusta and Columbia County are communities that form one of the largest metropolitan areas in Georgia. Augusta government has been plagued for decades by racial tension among its elected officials in this predominantly minority city. On the opposite side of that coin is the mostly white, fast-growing Columbia County next door. Challenges the council members and commissioners face include affordable housing, planning for development, public safety, resident quality of life related to tourism and transportation and infrastructure. Both areas benefit from a significant healthcare community, including Georgia’s largest medical school, and from Fort Eisenhower. The area also is home to Plant Vogtle, which encompasses the first two nuclear reactors built in the U.S. in the past 30 years. Oh, and the area is home to the world’s most… See more jobs on the NABJ Career Center at NABJCareers.org #NABJJobAlerts

'Ghost newsrooms' haunt US towns Your small-town newspaper may not employ any reporters. In an age of media consolidation, "ghost newsrooms" have taken root across the U.S., with the work of full-time staffers displaced by that of freelancers, wire services and larger news networks, The Wall Street Journal reports. The result: Little or no coverage of truly local issues, including the inner workings of city governments. In some places, news startups are trying to fill the void, but the task is immense: There are nearly two-thirds fewer newspaper journalists in the U.S. now compared with 2005, according to Northwestern University researchers. There are about 6,000 newspapers left in the U.S., down from 8,891 in 2005; they're disappearing at a rate of more than two a week, and most are never replaced, even online, Northwestern found.

In January alone, 538 journalists were laid off in print, broadcast, and digital media, from upstarts like the Messenger to storied newsrooms like the Washington Post and the LA Times. The barrage of workforce reduction efforts has inspired many a think piece on what the future of journalism might look like—scary, fundamentally unstable, incapable of profit, etc. When waves like this come crashing down on traditional media, it’s easy to cower in fear or, worse yet, scream into the void (Twitter) about the alarmingly high stakes (the future of our representative democracy) with zero regard for what might be done to fix this mess. I’m guilty! This time around, though, I find myself less despondent. It’s a strange sensation, but I think I might still have some hope for the future of news media? And there’s one specific reason why this wave of layoffs has left me less pessimistic: I have seen the future of media, and it looks d*mn good. That's because it's being shepherded in by knowledge creators. This isn't an extinction-level event for news media—it's a shifting of preferences away from institutions and toward individuals. And while the risks are plentiful (platforms’ refusal to be “arbiters of truth,” far too many irresponsible creators unwilling to recognize the power of their voices, the dissolution of the concept of accuracy as a whole, Andrew Tate, etc.)...the rewards are considerable. Because knowledge creators make important information more accessible to more people. They speak in a language their audiences can understand. They know what matters, intimately. And when they create content responsibly, with an acute awareness of the power their platforms guarantee, we can all benefit. Suddenly, industries are less boring, voters are less apathetic, and barriers are lower. So...while hundreds of talented, thoughtful journalists losing their jobs is absolutely devastating, I'm optimistic that there is a path forward for a healthy news media industry. I’m pretty sure it’ll involve blurring lines between journalists and creators, a new role for media brands, and more creator-founded and creator-led media companies like the ones we’re building at Smooth. Want to know more about why I'm not sweating this (just yet)? Read my latest Smoothletter on why Smooth Media is in glass half full mode right now. Linked in comments!

Since the beginning of 2023, 20,000 media jobs have been eliminated with 500 journalists being laid off in January 2024 alone. With so much in flux, how can brands still present news to journalists in appealing ways and work with them more effectively? It starts with understanding where the industry is headed. Check out our most recent blog for a breakdown of: 📰 Why how the news landscape is changing ✍️ What the future of journalism looks like ❓ What this means for PR strategies brands https://lnkd.in/exK6XWpR #StateofJournalism #PublicRelationsStrategies #MediaRelations

This IS INSANITY! THE PUSH TO CORPORATE MEDIA. Pushing for a reliance on legacy media. Brianna Lyman, elections correspondent at The Federalist, recently reported on a panel discussion featuring Al Schmidt, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth, and Beth Schwanke, Executive Director of the Pitt Disinformation Lab. Schmidt and Schwanke, speaking at a forum organized by Spotlight PA, voiced their stance on “misinformation” and “disinformation” surrounding elections. Strikingly, Schwanke recommended that rather than conducting self-led investigations, Pennsylvanians should place their confidence in so-called “trusted” sources. These include certain institutions and media outlets that have unfortunately been tied in the past to acts of censorship. “One thing everyone can do to make sure they are seeing accurate information is to use trusted sources. So in elections that means using the Department of State, that means using your county elections office, it means using media organizations that follow, that adhere, to professional journalism standards like … your local NPR affiliate,” Schwanke said. “And it doesn’t mean you know, ‘doing your own research’ and just asking questions and sharing, you know, posts from – I don’t know, in my case, it’s Uncle Joe, right? It means being thoughtful about where your sources are coming from.” Schwanke’s advice, interestingly, seemed to discourage individual research, questioning, and sharing of ideas. Instead, she advocated the use of sources like the Department of State, county elections offices, and, strikingly, media organizations such as local NPR affiliates, which she implied upheld superior journalistic standards. Despite what Schwanke says, the importance of being vigilant about our sources of information cannot be overstated. This was vividly demonstrated in the lead-up to the 2020 election when a significant story on Hunter Biden’s laptop by the New York Post was unjustly labeled “disinformation,” and subsequently suppressed across several tech platforms. As The Federalist reported, what made matters worse, in an incident hinting at bias, NPR blatantly refused to report on the story, with its Managing Editor Terence Samuels declaring it as unworthy of coverage. The Pennsylvania State Department presented a similar cause for alarm. It announced its collaboration with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to monitor and control online talks deemed a “threat” related to the election process. https://lnkd.in/eWUpxmeQ

New Job at NABJcareers.org Senior Writer, Policy, The Verge: New York, New York Vox Media WHO WE ARE The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011 to examine how technology will change life in the future for a massive mainstream audience. The Verge is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s possible. As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships. The Verge's policy team is dedicated to illuminating how politics, law, and regulation affect the technologies that shape readers' lives — and how technology is shaping all those fields as well. As a US presidential election approaches, the Supreme Court prepares to take on online speech challenges, and EU regulation changes the basic operating principles of services like iMessage, we're delving into the goals of politicians, regulators, and activists; weighing the intended and unintended consequences of their efforts; and looking for the nuance behind the biggest issues of the day.    WHAT YOU’LL DO The Verge is looking for a senior reporter to cover the policy and politics of technology, including the 2024 US elections and beyond. You’ll spend your days finding big stories and breaking down enormously complex topics around technology lawmaking and more.  Senior reporters at The Verge are responsible for working with editors to identify and maintain a beat, then proactively generating stories on that beat. As tech policy reporter, your duties will be a mix of reporting on the news of the day and digging into longer-lead investigations that will drive news cycles of their own.  Your responsibilities will include: * Developing your beat with coverage from news to larger reports and analysis. * Working across our teams to find and explain stories around tech policy. * Develop and nourish sources in the communities being affected by tech policy and with the companies and activists working for better tech policy. * Proactively pitch news and analysis, and help vet stories. * Help us maintain our collaborative and ambitious team culture.   WHO YOU ARE You care deeply about politics and policy because of what they mean for people. You have a vision for strong, focused election coverage that doesn’t just report what candidates are telling voters, but presses them for the answers that matter — on topics ranging from online speech to the future of the FCC to the… See more jobs on the NABJ Career Center at NABJCareers.org #NABJJobAlerts