Reporter for The Texas Tribune
Report for America
Austin, TX
Full-time
Writing / Editing
Posted on December 8, 2022
Location: Austin, Texas
BEAT: Permian Basin communities
Position:
The Texas Tribune’s new regional team is expanding to cover the Permian Basin—a region that is home to hundreds of thousands of Texans and the oil and gas capital of the United States. Based in Midland or Odessa, the reporter publishes deeply sourced articles about the region’s stark inequalities, the impacts of an extraction-based economy, labor and workforce issues, fracking, regulation and the disparate impacts of policies made in Austin.
Salary and Benefits:
$58,000+, depending on experience
Medical, vision and dental insurance
A $50-a-month cell phone stipend
20 days of paid time off each year
12 paid holidays per year
Up to 16 weeks of paid family leave plus four weeks of additional job protection
Annual 401(k) match up to $2,000
A $2,000-a-year stipend for professional development, including conferences, trainings and workshops
Tribune-issued laptop
Skills: Data, Reporting, Writing
About the Publication: The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, digital-first news organization that informs and engages with Texans on public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. This news organization's site provides vital information and news to millions of Texans for free, and its journalism is distributed through more than 60 statewide media partners to local outlets. Partnerships with platforms including ProPublica, Apple News, and SmartNews put its content before a nationwide audience.
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: Permian Basin communities
Position:
The Texas Tribune’s new regional team is expanding to cover the Permian Basin—a region that is home to hundreds of thousands of Texans and the oil and gas capital of the United States. Based in Midland or Odessa, the reporter publishes deeply sourced articles about the region’s stark inequalities, the impacts of an extraction-based economy, labor and workforce issues, fracking, regulation and the disparate impacts of policies made in Austin.
Salary and Benefits:
$58,000+, depending on experience
Medical, vision and dental insurance
A $50-a-month cell phone stipend
20 days of paid time off each year
12 paid holidays per year
Up to 16 weeks of paid family leave plus four weeks of additional job protection
Annual 401(k) match up to $2,000
A $2,000-a-year stipend for professional development, including conferences, trainings and workshops
Tribune-issued laptop
Skills: Data, Reporting, Writing
About the Publication: The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, digital-first news organization that informs and engages with Texans on public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. This news organization's site provides vital information and news to millions of Texans for free, and its journalism is distributed through more than 60 statewide media partners to local outlets. Partnerships with platforms including ProPublica, Apple News, and SmartNews put its content before a nationwide audience.
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.