Florida Reporter

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Open Position

Location: Florida

Beat: The Florida Legislature, with a focus on education
Position:

Florida produces a lot of news from the state capitol, especially on education policies from K-12 through higher education that have profound impact on the lives of students and parents. This reporter covers these issues and breaking news from the Legislature.

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

Health insurance, two weeks vacation, company-issued laptop

Skills: Data, Experience covering the beat, Bilingual Spanish, 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.