Freelance Investigative Journalist (Remote)

Courier Newsroom; Colorado; Remote; USD 5,600 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Courier Newsroom is seeking a Freelance Reporter to cover Colorado politics for Courier Colorado. This CO-based, remote-friendly role pays $500 per story and offers up to six stories per month, focused on how policy affects everyday Coloradans.

You will conduct rigorous research, interviews, and fact-checking, delivering clear, impactful reporting that informs communities and supports pro-democracy coverage goals.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of reporting experience in politics, policy, or public affairs.
• Strong reporting and writing skills with solid sourcing, interviewing, and fact-checking.

Responsibilities

• Produce original political reporting for Colorado newsroom on a story-by-story basis.
• Deliver stories that connect federal, state, and local policy decisions to the real lives of Coloradans.
• Conduct rigorous research, interviews, and fact-checking, including outreach to community members, subject-matter experts, and key political actors.
• Publish up to 6 stories per month focused on Colorado politics and civic life.

Skills

Reporting skills

Writing

Job description

Freelance Reporter, Colorado Remote (CO-based) | Freelance | $500 per story

Join Courier Newsroom - an organization that drives journalism and empowers communities.

At Courier Newsroom , we’re reinventing local media to inform and empower communities through impactful reporting. Our mission is rooted in civic engagement and equity—and we’re growing fast.

We are presently looking for a FREELANCE REPORTER in COLORADO.

COURIER Newsroom is committed to building an inclusive workplace that values diverse perspectives and lived experiences . We strongly encourage women, people of color, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ+ candidates, and those from all backgrounds to apply.

The freelancer will produce original political reporting for our Colorado newsroom, Courier Colorado on a story-by-story basis.

The reporter will deliver stories that connect federal, state, and local policy decisions to the real lives of Colorado residents, advancing COURIER’s pro-democracy coverage goals.

Up to 6 stories per month focused on Colorado politics, policy, and civic life, with a clear emphasis on how these issues affect everyday people, as assigned. Conduct rigorous research, interviews, and fact-checking, including outreach to impacted community members, subject-matter experts, and key political actors.

• 3+ years of reporting experience in journalism, with a focus on politics, policy, or public affairs (state and local experience strongly preferred)
• Strong reporting and writing skills, including sourcing, interviewing, research, and fact-checking, with a commitment to COURIER’s journalistic standards and style

COURIER Newsroom is a pro-democracy media network using journalism that centers everyday Americans to take on disinformation, extremism, and attacks on our freedoms. We reach people where they are online with factual, values-driven reporting that connects policy decisions to real lives, spotlights who is delivering for their communities, and exposes the leaders trying to roll back our rights. By investing in local journalists across the country, we’re building an informed, engaged electorate and helping more people see themselves as powerful actors—not spectators—in our democracy.

Women, people of color, those with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ community are strongly urged to apply. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, or medical conditions.