Alabama Reporter

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Open Position

Location: Alabama

Beat: The Alabama Legislature, with a focus on race and law enforcement
Position:

Law enforcement agencies at the county and small-town level in the Deep South often receive little scrutiny, despite their policies having an outsize impact on communities of color. This reporter digs deeply into these issues, with a focus on accountability journalism, while covering laws, policies and news emanating from the Alabama Legislature.

Salary and Benefits:
$50,000-$75,000

Health insurance, two weeks vacation, company-issued laptop.

Skills: Experience covering the beat, Data, Photography

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.