Texas Investigative Reporter: Enterprise & Accountability

Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision and dental insurance

Cellphone stipend

20 days of paid time off

Up to 16 weeks of paid family leave, +

401(k) matching

Support for professional development

Remote working flexibility

Job summary

The Texas Tribune in Austin is hiring an Enterprise and Investigations Reporter to pursue ambitious, original, accountability-driven stories, with medium-turn enterprise and longer investigations, including series or deep features.

You will collaborate with visuals and audience teams, travel occasionally, and work evenings/weekends as needed; salary starts at $80,000 with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Seven years of journalism experience
• A demonstrated history of investigative scoops or major enterprise reporting
• A passion for accountability reporting
• High level of organizational skills and discipline, with the ability to navigate complex projects
• Evidence of strong reporting, data analysis, fact-checking, writing skills and a firm grasp of AP style
• Strong familiarity with journalistic ethics and libel law
• A clear desire and proven ability to collaborate with other colleagues across the organization

Responsibilities

• Write accurate, clear and deeply reported enterprise stories independently and on deadline.
• Identify and pitch stories on key Texas political and policy topics.
• Work with other reporters throughout the newsroom on various assignments.
• Occasionally, travel and work on nights, weekends and holidays.
• Collaborate with visual, data and audience teams, as well as our external media partners, for storytelling.
• Occasionally, moderate live panels with newsmakers for our events.

Skills

Investigation & accountability

Reporting & writing

Collaboration

Data analysis

AP style

Ethics & libel law

Project organization

Job description

The Texas Tribune in Austin is hiring an Enterprise and Investigations Reporter to pursue ambitious, original, accountability-driven stories, with medium-turn enterprise and longer investigations, including series or deep features.

You will collaborate with visuals and audience teams, travel occasionally, and work evenings/weekends as needed; salary starts at $80,000 with comprehensive benefits.