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Inside Climate News Midwest Reporter, Inside Climate News (Remote) in Brooklyn, NY [1]

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Date: 2024-01

Note: This employer is open to candidates who want to work remote.

Midwest Reporter

Inside Climate News is seeking an experienced reporter to cover climate change and environmental justice in the Midwest. The successful applicant for this position will produce a body of quick-turn news and feature stories, and longer form accountability pieces that address the impact of climate change, environmental racism and pollution on the health and well-being of communities of color across the region. This journalist will report remotely from a home base in the Midwest.

Job Description

This is a demanding position that requires sound reporting and writing skills. A facility with government documents and court records is expected, as is a demonstrated commitment to reporting on justice issues.

Qualifications

This reporter will need to be a self-starter and team player who works with a high degree of collegiality. These additional qualifications, or their equivalents, are essential:

A minimum of three to five years reporting and writing experience, which can include experience gained as a student journalist, with clips that demonstrate an ability to capture the historic inequities and challenges confronting communities of color and marginalized neighborhoods that are heightened by climate change and environmental degradation. More experience would be a plus; candidates with slightly less experience but a demonstrated fire in the belly for covering environmental justice will be considered.

Knowledge of science, environment and climate, and/or civil rights, social and racial justice.

A solid work ethic, a collaborative attitude, a commitment to accountability reporting and a demonstrated passion for journalism in general, and climate and public health reporting in particular. Collegiality, teamwork and kindness are hallmarks of our newsroom.

The ability to bring diverse, unique insights to our coverage of climate change, the environment and environmental justice.

Our News Organization

Founded in 2007, Inside Climate News is an independent, nonprofit, non-partisan news organization covering the biggest crisis facing our planet. With nearly 30 full-time staff members, we operate one of the largest and most influential environmental newsrooms in the country.

We have a nucleus in New York, a presence in Washington D.C., and staff working from California to Florida, in Texas, Alabama and Kentucky, Colorado, Ohio and Massachusetts. Good ideas propel the operation, wherever they originate.

As part of its work in the public interest, ICN is establishing a collaborative national reporting network, strengthening the practice of climate and environmental justice journalism and training the next generation of journalists.

We have earned national recognition for our work and many of the most prestigious awards in journalism, including the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting (2013) and recognition as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (2016).

For more about ICN, please see our About page.

Compensation

Salary range: $65,000-$80,000 per year, commensurate with experience. Benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; 401k matching; and generous paid time off.

Inside Climate News is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates of any background or identity. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

To Apply

Please send resume, clips and a cover letter to [email protected], or email Executive Editor Vernon Loeb or Senior Editor Caroline Jones.

Interested in working from home? This employer is open to candidates who want to work remote.

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