Overview
The Day seeks a motivated reporter to cover assigned towns, regional news, and breaking stories in southeastern Connecticut.

Responsibilities

• Gather facts, develop stories, and write articles for digital and print.
• Conduct interviews, report on local/state/federal events, and create headlines.
• Use multimedia tools for audio, video, and photography when needed.

Requirements

• Proficient in multimedia reporting, editing, and communication.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Experience with publishing tools, including Word, PowerPoint, and content management software.
• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism or a related field required; two years of experience preferred.
• Bilingual skills preferred; valid driver’s license and reliable transportation required.

Details

• Full-time, $45,000–$48,000/year
• Benefits include 401(k), life insurance, and employee assistance programs.
• Ability to work nights, weekends, and irregular hours as needed.

Join our team and help inform and engage the community with impactful journalism!

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Leading weekly newspaper/website in Central MA is seeking a full-time reporter to cover local municipal meetings, human interest, and hard news features. Applicant should be experienced in newspaper reporting and have excellent interviewing, research, and follow up skills. Applicant should be comfortable with entry-level to mid-level photography and should be experienced in the use of social media as a resource for content promotion and traffic generation. Video experience and SEO knowledge are a plus.

Please provide a minimum of 2 hard news writing samples with a resume. Salary is $38k-$48k.

Our weekly newspaper/website is committed to providing the best coverage for our core communities – Westborough, Northborough, Shrewsbury, Marlborough, Hudson, Southborough, and Grafton.

We are rapidly growing and are seeking energetic individuals to be part of a close-knit, dedicated news team committed to innovation in local print and digital media.

Email: adguy@communityadvocate.com

Due to an upcoming retirement The Keene Sentinel in Keene, NH seeks a new Business Office and Human Resources Administrator to lead our financial and human resources operations.

A leadership role within the company, the Business Office and Human Resources Administrator participates in the strategic development and growth of the company while managing day-to-day administrative duties to keep our business running smoothly.  This role manages financial activities, manages and maintains databases, manages expense data, A/R and A/P management, human resources, information technology (IT) staff; employee communication; recruiting, training, onboarding employees; and supplies management.

The Sentinel is an independent and locally owned media company focused on the mission of journalism as a community service.

Join our team and help to lead us into the future.

To apply email your resume and letter of interest to Sean Burke at sburke@keenesentinel.com or apply by clicking here.

The Concord Bridge, a growing non-profit hyperlocal weekly, seeks an enterprise reporter to bring our sophisticated readership the deep dives they want and deserve. 

 Your duties will include generating ideas for, reporting, and writing stories for print and digital on topics including redevelopment of the shuttered MCI-Concord state prison; a proposed Hanscom Airfield private jet hangar expansion; the future of the West Concord Superfund site; and law enforcement, justice, and public safety. 

 You’ll showcase your skill at making public records requests, analyzing the resulting documents and datasets, and explaining what you found in clear, compelling copy elevated by the right photos, graphics, and maps. We’re looking for someone who can sift through lots of information and find the story that matters to our readers. 

You’ll collaborate with our municipal reporter to explain to our readers what’s going on, what it means to them, and what can be done to address problems and foster healthy debate about controversies. 

This is a senior position. We strongly prefer at least five years of full-time reporting experience, including significant data-driven and investigative work. 

The Vineyard Gazette is seeking a full or part-time Art Director to play a crucial role in the award-winning historic weekly newspaper. The black and white broadsheet is one of the few full size newspapers in the country that prints each week in the Edgartown office on Martha’s Vineyard. The art director will oversee the design and layout of the weekly newspaper and digital news website. The visual look of the paper should adhere to our historic roots but also incorporate modern techniques. The art director will work hand in hand with editors to create the esthetic face of the paper. A successful candidate will be someone with an artistic eye, a journalistic sensibility, and a desire to be part of a community.

Responsibilities: Lay out paper weekly, post stories and photos on website daily, assign photographers, edit photos, choose art, archive photos and news stories

Skills and Qualifications:

• Newspaper art director experience 5+ years
• Strong photo editing skills
• Experience with black and white photography
• Journalist sensibility
• Artistic eye

Tools: InDesign, InCopy, Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Lightroom and Illustration

This position is based in Edgartown, Massachusetts but we are open to hybrid or commuters.

Send a cover letter and resume to publisher@vineyardgazette.com

January 2025

Report for America (RFA) helps local newsrooms report on under-covered issues and communities by placing journalists at news outlets throughout the country. We are seeking talented, service-minded reporters and photographers to join our corps. As an RFA Corps Member, you’ll be a part of a movement to strengthen communities, and our democracy, through local journalism that is truthful, fair, fearless, and smart.

Report for America is a two-year program with an optional third year. The upcoming service year begins on July 7, 2025 and runs through July 6, 2026. Applications are now open for dozens of journalism positions in newsrooms of all types — digital startups, daily and weekly newspapers, radio and TV stations, a wire service and more. Check out our interactive database of job openings, newsrooms, and beats here and read our info page to make sure you are a good fit for the program. The deadline to apply is February 3, 2025, with references due by February 10, 2025.

Report for America is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

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Providence Business News is looking for an experienced, result-driven, client-focused account executive to join our well-established team of professionals; specifically, someone who loves sales and building relationships, has a proven track record of exceeding goals, account management and new business development experience and who can build and maintain strategic partnerships. Media sales experience preferred.

The ideal candidate will understand print and digital marketing concepts and event sponsorship with the ability to close new business and exceed sales targets. B2B sales experience a plus.

We are committed to giving you: a professional, enjoyable and collaborative work environment; base salary along with residual, uncapped monthly commissions; performance-based monthly bonuses; ongoing sales and management support; employer subsidized medical, dental and vision coverage, vacation & holiday time off, 401K plan, mileage and expense reimbursement, and subsidized parking.

PBN is a division of Woodward Communications Inc, an employee owned company.

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The Concord Bridge is on a mission to become a best-in-class community newspaper. We’re looking for a seasoned, versatile staff reporter to help us get there.

The ideal candidate will consistently deliver accurate, well-crafted pieces (think “Sunday stories,” even though we’re a weekly) in feature and news formats and work with our reporting staff and managing editor to craft timely, developed team packages.

In print and online, The Bridge punches far above its weight. We’re glad to bring our sophisticated readership stories that celebrate the community’s successes — and we are unflinching in our incisive accountability reporting.

If you can instinctively spot a story — or a hole in one — you’re the teammate we want.

We prefer candidates with at least five years of experience at a daily or weekly news outlet. The right person can come to Concord regularly to report in person and as needed for staff meetings, collaboration, and events. Some night and weekend work may be required based on our print production schedule.

Send a resume, cover letter, three clips, and salary requirement to jobs@concordbridge.org if your toolbox includes solutions and data-driven reporting, clean and compelling writing, comfort with Google Drive, WordPress, and social media, and a conviction that independent, non-profit journalism is the bright future of this business. 

The Concord Bridge is the non-profit, non-partisan newspaper of record of historic Concord, Massachusetts. 

Mainebiz, the leading source of  business news in Maine, is seeking a detail-oriented, inquisitive mind to fill a full-time reporter role. This staff writer will cover the state’s business industries, writing stories for the print magazine and mainebiz.biz, as well as our daily and weekly newsletters. The position will be 40 hours per week.

The Keene Sentinel, located in Keene, NH seeks a dynamic Circulation Operations Manager to join our team and lead critical marketing, distribution, and customer service functions. This is an excellent opportunity for a professional looking to make a meaningful impact in local journalism.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage consumer marketing operations
• Oversee distribution strategies
• Lead customer service initiatives

About Us:

• Independent, locally owned media company
• Committed to journalism as a community service
• Exciting opportunity due to upcoming team transitions

Qualifications:

• Strong leadership skills
• Experience in marketing and distribution
• Customer service expertise
• Passion for local media and community engagement

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should email their resume and letter of interest to Sean Burke at sburke@keenesentinel.com.

November 2024

The Inquirer and Mirror, an award-winning weekly newspaper on Nantucket Island, is looking for a dynamic general assignment reporter. She/he must have strong digital/social media skills as well as a solid understanding of municipal reporting, the ability to connect in a small community, find stories of interest to report on and write quickly and accurately on deadline.

The candidate for this position understands the needs of a multi-media newsroom and the important role community journalism plays. The job entails providing local news coverage for print and digital platforms including text, audio and video and social media for a weekly print product and daily website and newsletter. Must have vehicle, valid driver’s license.

The right candidate will be able to produce content that varies from feature and lifestyle writing to reporting on municipal government to big-picture investigative pieces that examine issues relevant to our community.

To apply, please submit a resume and writing samples to: Joshua Balling, Editor, The Inquirer and Mirror, PO Box 1198, Nantucket, MA 02554 or e-mail jballing@inkym.com.

The Inquirer and Mirror offers Health Insurance and 401(k). Housing available. Compensation commensurate with experience.

November 2024

Interested in working with The Maine Monitor? See their open positions below and click on a job’s title to view its complete description and application details.

You can read more about their mission and work here.

Education and Workforce Development Reporter

Audience Engagement Director

Institutional Giving Manager

Climate Monitor Contributor

Newsroom Contributors

The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting/The Maine Monitor is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, marital or parental status, disability, citizenship, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.

The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting and The Maine Monitor serve all of Maine and the diverse communities across Maine. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive board and staff that reflects the society we report on. We are committed to fostering a workplace in which our employees can grow, express themselves, and contribute to the mission and future of our organization.

November 2024

The Berkshire Eagle seeks a seasoned and passionate news reporter to cover the vibrant community of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a city of 44,000 nestled in the scenic Berkshires. This is a unique opportunity for a dedicated journalist to delve into a community-focused beat that spans Pittsfield City Hall to the everyday lives of residents in the heart of Berkshire County.

At The Eagle, reporters who excel at uncovering impactful stories, breaking news and reporting the forces shaping the community will find this beat deeply fulfilling. We are looking for someone who thrives on producing timely, engaging stories and can deliver two articles daily. Alongside the day-to-day reporting, we also budget time for our reporters to explore human interest, enterprise and investigative pieces that add depth and insight to our coverage. As a digital-first news outlet with a strong, vibrant print edition, The Eagle prides itself on producing journalism that our local owners hold to the highest standard.

Our newsroom operates with a reader-first philosophy, emphasizing coverage that brings clarity to complex topics and makes important stories accessible and engaging. This dedication to quality has earned The Berkshire Eagle the title of Newspaper of the Year by the New England Newspaper & Press Association seven years running, and it’s why our readership has grown.

This position is based in The Berkshire Eagle newsroom in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The Eagle offers a competitive compensation package, including health, dental, vision, and life insurance and a 401k. Candidates must pass drug screening and background check PRIOR to being offered employment with the Berkshire Eagle.

To apply, please use this LINK.

November 2024