Reporter (Report for America)

The Louisiana Illuminator is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization driven by its mission to cast light on how decisions are made in Baton Rouge and how they affect the lives of everyday Louisianians, particularly those who are poor or otherwise marginalized. Here readers will find in-depth investigations and news stories, news briefs and commentary, all of which is intended to help them make sense of how state policy is crafted, how it helps or hurts them and how it helps or hurts their neighbors across the state.
Open Position

Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Beat: Water and its impact in Louisiana
Position:

From the drinking supply to the encroaching seas and ever-changing rivers and bayous, water factors daily into Louisiana life. The journalist in this position will strive to investigate and report stories on how citizens cope with the various aspects and impacts water in Louisiana and the changes it brings, whether the result of nature, policy or indifference.

Salary and Benefits:
$55,000-$65,000

Premium-free platinum healthcare for employees and their families (i.e., nothing comes out of your paycheck!), 4 weeks of vacation per year, 2 weeks of personal leave per year, 20 hours of paid volunteer time per year, 7 holidays and 4 floating holidays, $75 monthly cell phone reimbursement, $200 cell phone replacement benefit every two years, $75 monthly fitness benefit, 12 weeks of parental leave, and full-service EAP.

Skills: Photography, Data

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.