Reporter (Report for America)

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Open Position

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Beat: Northern Utah and bilingual communities
Position:

Ogden is home to Utah’s second largest Hispanic/Latino population. Sixty percent of this corps member's time is dedicated to reporting on the challenges and reflecting the joy of these growing communities. The remainder is general assignment reporting. Weber State, Utah’s fourth-largest university, is in Ogden and there’s nearby Hill Air Force Base, Davis County’s largest employer. Those connections help make the region a heart of industries like manufacturing, outdoor equipment, aerospace and defense.

Salary and Benefits:
$50,000-$60,000 based on experience

Health, dental, and wellness coverage, automatic and immediately vested 14.2% employer contribution to personal retirement account (401a), free public transportation pass (Utah Transit Authority), aid leave time, and more: https://www.hr.utah.edu/benefits/

Skills: Bilingual Spanish, Radio/Podcast

This position is sponsored in part by Report for America, a national service program that places talented emerging journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. Report for America is an initiative of The GroundTruth Project.

All Report for America Newsroom Partners are Equal Opportunity.