Reporter (Report for America)

The Santa Fe New Mexican is one of the oldest newspapers in the West; an aggressive outfit that covers Santa Fe and much of Northern New Mexico. We work to report the news deeply and compellingly, understanding that we are a community resource in a place where past, present and future collide every day. We look for immediacy and depth and impact every day, and we demand much of ourselves because our community expects first-rate journalism.
Open Position

Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico

Beat: Child welfare in New Mexico
Position:

New Mexico's children face massive problems, but the state agency charged with ensuring their welfare has been beset by chronic failure. This reporter covers the Children, Youth and Families department but also explain why New Mexico cannot fix the problems facing its youngest citizens. The reporter deals with politics, education and law enforcement—producing timely and sometimes deadline stories while always looking for a way to bring readers projects about what these failures mean to families, taxpayers, and most importantly, kids.

Salary and Benefits:
$55,000-$65,000 based on experience

The New Mexican provides health and dental insurance, two weeks' vacation in the first five years, company-issued laptop and cell phone.

Skills: Bilingual Spanish, Data, Experience covering the beat

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.