Crime and Public Safety Reporter

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Western Pennsylvania’s largest newspaper, is looking for a talented journalist to help us grow our coverage of crime, cops, courts, and public safety.

We’re looking for a reporter to cover public safety from all angles, with stories that go beyond press releases, dig beneath the surface to examine all the factors behind crime in Pittsburgh and the region, and that center coverage more through the lens of citizens and data and less through statements from public officials. This position is for an afternoon and evening shift that will include some other general assignment reporting.

The ideal candidate has the ability to identify trends through strong source development and the mining of data, and to tell the personal stories of those impacted by crime. We are looking for a reporter who spends time in neighborhoods and at police precincts to better understand how crime is impacting residents, and who illuminates government and non-government efforts to address crime and its impacts.

This reporter will work closely with our other Crime and Public Safety Reporter, as well as a wide range of news and investigations reporters, editors, and audience teams to shape reporting and storytelling to meet audience needs and interests on every platform. A key component of this job is not just being reactive to information put out by authorities, but to be more enterprising and more embracing of needs, concerns and
solutions regarding public safety in our city and the region.