Education / General Assignment Reporter

The Concord Monitor, a digitally driven daily newspaper and website in New Hampshire’s state capital, is looking to add an ambitious education reporter/general assignment reporter who will bring to light the biggest issues facing communities, schools, teachers, and families throughout the Capital Region.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about all things education in the Granite State and dedicated to bringing readers into the classroom through their reporting, tackling issues across the education spectrum, from pre-kindergarten to higher education, as well as how the system is funded.

The reporter will be instrumental in shaping their beat and driving new ideas through daily stories as well as a weekly print education page, an education-focused weekly newsletter and other digital initiatives.

This role entails covering education funding, innovation in the classroom, equity, emerging trends, state and federal policy, safety in schools and more. The reporter will also cover several core communities that rely on the Monitor for their news.

In addition to daily reporting responsibilities, the education reporter will have an opportunity to work on enterprise and investigative stories as well as medium and long-term projects. They will work with editors to refine their craft, and get to do it all in a newsroom consistently recognized as among the best in New England. In a small newsroom like the Concord Monitor, breaking news is a component of every beat.

The following attributes make for an ideal reporter at the Concord Monitor:

An appreciation for the vital role of community watchdog journalism and a willingness to jump into the fray.
An ability to work under tight deadlines with speed and precision.
A desire to learn new skills and evolve with the industry. This can include digital infographics, locator maps, photography/video, searchable databases or anything you feel is vital to telling the story.
A hunger to be heard. Reporters have a big voice in the newsroom, so you’ll need to come to the table with ideas.

The successful candidate should have proven writing experience, proficiency with social media, basic photo and video skills and an unflinching desire to get at the stories our readers need.

To apply:
Send a cover letter and three samples of your best work to editor Jonathan Van Fleet at jvanfleet@cmonitor.com.

The Concord Monitor is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes the opportunity to diversify our newsroom. We are willing to consider qualified candidates regardless of years of experience for this role.
The Monitor recognizes there are candidates with important skills and experience that would benefit the position that we may not have considered. If that applies to you, please tell us more.

About the Monitor
The locally owned Concord Monitor, launched in 1864, covers the capital city of Concord, the New Hampshire State House and dozens of communities in the central part of the state. We report on everything from annual town meetings in our most rural communities to the biggest issues facing our state. The Concord Monitor is owned by Newspapers of New England, a family-owned group of six newspapers that serves readers in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont.

The Monitor has been named the best news organization in the state by the NH Press Association in three of the past four years, and we are consistently recognized as among the best of our size by the New England Newspaper and Press Association.