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Gulf States Newsroom Senior Reporter, Justice, Incarceration and Gun Violence in New Orleans , LA [1]
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Date: 2023-08
The Gulf States Newsroom – a collaboration among public radio stations in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, plus NPR – is hiring a tenacious and empathetic journalist to report powerful stories about the profound impacts of the criminal legal system on our local communities. We’re looking for an investigator who can uncover and tell compelling stories about how incarceration and gun violence affect those communities. This reporter will probe beyond crime statistics and law enforcement narratives to focus on communities at the heart of these issues.
Read more about the position here.
Job Title: Senior Reporter, Justice, Incarceration and Gun Violence
Who We Are: The Gulf States Newsroom is a partnership between WWNO in New Orleans and WRKF in Baton Rouge, WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama, Mississippi Public Broadcasting in Jackson, and NPR. We’re working together as a regional newsroom to plan coverage, share resources and add reporting power in a story-rich region where too many local news outlets have disappeared. It’s part of NPR’s here . The Gulf States Newsroom is a partnership between WWNO in New Orleans and WRKF in Baton Rouge, WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama, Mississippi Public Broadcasting in Jackson, and NPR. We’re working together as a regional newsroom to plan coverage, share resources and add reporting power in a story-rich region where too many local news outlets have disappeared. It’s part of NPR’s Collaborative Journalism Network , an initiative designed to better connect NPR with local member stations to tell the story of the whole country from everywhere in the country. Check out our stories
About this Role:
This reporter will join a team of award-winning editors and regional reporters whose beats include wealth and poverty, environmental justice and health equity. The reporter will occasionally pitch in on local coverage of their beat and breaking news and will have the opportunity to file for NPR.
We are seeking a self-starter who can:
Center people over policy and cover trends and patterns in the three states
Push beyond crime statistics and law enforcement narratives
Cultivate connections with sources and researchers to stay on top of current events on the beat
Work collaboratively with other regional, local and national reporters and editors
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
A total of at least five years of reporting and/or producing experience.
Ability to stay organized and meet deadlines for long and quick-turn assignments.
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Annual Salary Range: $57,000-$66,000 (+ $15,000 for health care, fringe benefits)
04 Irregular Employee . These employees are not eligible for UAB health benefits or privileges of employment. In lieu of that, out-of-state employees have an additional $15,000 included in their annual base salary, paid out monthly. This reporter will be based in New Orleans, Louisiana and employed by WBHM, the lead station of the collaborative based at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), as anThese employees are not eligible for UAB health benefits or privileges of employment. In lieu of that, out-of-state employees have an additional $15,000 included in their annual base salary, paid out monthly.
Position open until filled, review of applications begins August 30
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