Reporter

Communities in coastal Marin County, California face a multitude of challenges and competing interests: conservation and development, agriculture in the time of climate change, rising seas and fragile infrastructure, housing scarcity, wealth disparity, and the management of ranching and wildlife in the Point Reyes National Seashore. We have an immediate opening for an experienced reporter interested in our place-based reporting on these issues.

Your stories will address:

• Conflicts between free-ranging elk and ranching in the Point Reyes National Seashore

• The continuation of historic dairies and ranches in the park

• Climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and management efforts by marine sanctuaries

• The California Coastal Commission's regulatation of the coastal zone

• Affordable housing development and its obstacles

• Wildfire prevention efforts and planning on the coast, including in sensitive habitat areas

• Water security and wastewater infrastructure in coastal villages

• Tourism impacts

And much more. This is a job for someone seeking to make an impact on civic engagement through local reporting. It's a place for a reporter with at least a few years of professional newsroom experience who wants to produce meaningful, in-depth, ongoing coverage of issues in coastal Marin: an affluent but diverse reach of villages, agricultural land and protected parklands north of the Golden Gate.

We are a tight-knit, collaborative, owner-operated team dedicated to providing high-quality coverage for our growing local and national readership. Reporters must be focused but versatile, willing to tackle a wide range of stories and participate in weekly proofreading and deliveries. Backgrounds in science, government and investigative reporting are useful. This is a writing-intensive job with the slower pace of a weekly. Salary will be based on experience.

About the Point Reyes Light: We are a weekly print newspaper that has served coastal Marin County since 1948. We are a family-owned and family-operated business dedicated to community resilience. The Light gained prominence with its 1979 Pulitzer Prize for public service awarded for its investigation of the Synanon cult, and it continues to engage readers from all over the country with its well-crafted reporting and dedication to place.

Please send a cover letter, at least five writing samples, a resume and references to Editor/Co-Publisher Tess Elliott at editor@ptreyeslight.com.