Reporter for El Tecolote
Report for America
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Writing / Editing
Posted on December 8, 2022
Location: San Francisco, California
BEAT: Bay Area Latinos (Catchlight photojournalism partnership)
Position:
This photojournalist provides quality coverage that complements our dynamic reporting—particularly our recent beat on mental health and healthcare inequality among Latinos. The El Tecolote photojournalist also documents the vibrant cultural landscape of San Francisco's Latino Cultural District and beyond, highlighting intergenerational experiences among the Latinx community.
Salary and Benefits:
$60,000
Annual $3,000 health insurance stipend, company-issued desktop, camera, free tickets to partner art institutions
Skills: Photography
About the Publication: El Tecolote began as a journalism project in a Raza Studies class at San Francisco State University’s newly created College of Ethnic Studies in 1970. Five decades later, El Tecolote continues to be free, circulating 10,000 copies biweekly. It is the longest running bilingual (English/Spanish) newspaper in the American Southwest. Our mission is to promote cultural arts, community media and civic engagement as a way of building healthy and empowered Latino communities. El Tecolote has a longstanding commitment to inform immigrants, which has proven crucial during a time of increasingly anti-immigrant sentiment.
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 Employers.
BEAT: Bay Area Latinos (Catchlight photojournalism partnership)
Position:
This photojournalist provides quality coverage that complements our dynamic reporting—particularly our recent beat on mental health and healthcare inequality among Latinos. The El Tecolote photojournalist also documents the vibrant cultural landscape of San Francisco's Latino Cultural District and beyond, highlighting intergenerational experiences among the Latinx community.
Salary and Benefits:
$60,000
Annual $3,000 health insurance stipend, company-issued desktop, camera, free tickets to partner art institutions
Skills: Photography
About the Publication: El Tecolote began as a journalism project in a Raza Studies class at San Francisco State University’s newly created College of Ethnic Studies in 1970. Five decades later, El Tecolote continues to be free, circulating 10,000 copies biweekly. It is the longest running bilingual (English/Spanish) newspaper in the American Southwest. Our mission is to promote cultural arts, community media and civic engagement as a way of building healthy and empowered Latino communities. El Tecolote has a longstanding commitment to inform immigrants, which has proven crucial during a time of increasingly anti-immigrant sentiment.
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 Employers.