Courts & Justice Reporter: Investigative Storyteller

Palabra; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary starts at $60,000

29 days of paid time off per year

Up to 12 weeks parental family leave

Simple IRA with 3 percent company mirr

Group-term life insurance ($15,000)

Professional training and industry-con

Job summary

Mississippi Today, a Pulitzer Prize–winning newsroom focused on investigative journalism, is expanding its Courts and Justice coverage to examine how court decisions and legal structures affect Mississippi communities.

The Courts and Justice Reporter will cover state and federal courts, conduct in-depth interviews, file public records requests, analyze data, and tell timely accountability stories across daily and long-form formats, in collaboration with our newsroom colleagues.

Qualifications

• Experience as a reporter in a newsroom, preferably 4+ years, with accountability journalism.
• Proficiency in public records requests.
• Proficiency with backgrounding, sensitive interviews, and ethics.

Responsibilities

• Report on state and federal courts with accountability focus.
• Develop quick-turn daily stories and long-form narratives.
• Collaborate with the Audience, data and visual teams to present stories.

Skills

Advanced reporting

Public accountability journalism

Community engagement

Collaborative newsroom work

Tools

PACER

Public records databases

OSINT tools

Job description

Mississippi Today, a Pulitzer Prize–winning newsroom focused on investigative journalism, is expanding its Courts and Justice coverage to examine how court decisions and legal structures affect Mississippi communities.

The Courts and Justice Reporter will cover state and federal courts, conduct in-depth interviews, file public records requests, analyze data, and tell timely accountability stories across daily and long-form formats, in collaboration with our newsroom colleagues.