Reporter (Report for America)

The Traverse City Record-Eagle is northern Michigan’s largest news outlet, operating print and digital publications, including a daily print edition, a quarterly magazine and two podcasts. The Record-Eagle has a strong history of strong watchdog reporting complemented by artful narrative writing. Our newsroom is situated in downtown Traverse City, but serves a five-county core coverage area as well as broad, growing sections of news desert in northern Michigan.
Open Position

Location: Traverse City, Michigan

Beat: Indigenous and tribal communities in Northern Michigan
Position:

This reporter covers issues impacting Native Americans in the state and northwest lower Michigan counties. The impact of tribal communities in Michigan is growing and coverage will focus on enlightening a broader community and defining the issues and chronicling the lives of the Indigenous community.

Salary and Benefits:
$40,000

Health insurance, a company-issued laptop, two weeks of vacation after a year of employment, personal days and many other benefits are provided, plus training opportunities and a collaborative work environment are a part of the package.

Skills: Radio/Podcast, Photography, TV/Video, 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.