North Carolina Reporter

Job Description

North Carolina Reporter

Inside Climate News is seeking an experienced North Carolina-based reporter to cover climate change, related environmental issues and environmental justice in the Tar Heel state.

The successful applicant for this position will produce a body of news and feature stories, and longer form accountability, investigative and narrative pieces that address climate change and all of its impacts on heat, extreme weather, flooding, drought, sea level rise and the environment, especially air and groundwater pollution and land use issues related to fossil fuels. Issues of particular interest include Superfund and coal ash remediation, coastal adaptation and resilience, concentrated animal feeding operations, renewable energy, Duke Energy, pipelines, environmental regulation and environmental justice. This journalist will report remotely, and travel extensively throughout North Carolina, from their base within the state.

Inside Climate News is committed to diversity and inclusion in our newsroom so that we may best serve the varied global community. We strongly encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ candidates and veterans to apply.

Job Description

This is a demanding position that requires sound beat and investigative skills,  as well as advanced writing craft. A facility with government documents and court records is expected, as is a demonstrated commitment to reporting on the environment and environmental justice. Basic data analysis skills would be considered a significant plus, as would fluency in Spanish.

Our News Organization

Founded in 2007, Inside Climate News is an independent, nonprofit, non-partisan news organization covering the biggest crisis facing our planet. With nearly 30 full-time staff members, we operate one of the largest and most influential environmental newsrooms in the country.

We have a nucleus in New York, a presence in Washington D.C., and staff working from California to Florida, in Texas, Alabama and Kentucky, Colorado, Ohio and Massachusetts. Good ideas propel the operation, wherever they originate.

As part of its work in the public interest, ICN is establishing a collaborative national reporting network, strengthening the practice of climate and environmental justice journalism and training the next generation of journalists.

We have earned national recognition for our work and many of the most prestigious awards in journalism, including the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting (2013) and recognition as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (2016).

For more about ICN, please see our About page.

Compensation

Salary range: $65,000-$80,000 per year, commensurate with experience. Benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; 401k matching; and generous paid time off.

Inside Climate News is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates of any background or identity. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

To Apply

Please send resume, work samples and cover letter to jobs@insideclimatenews.org, or send an email directly to Executive Editor Vernon Loeb, Senior Editor Michael Kodas, Senior Editor Caroline Jones, or Senior Editor for Partnerships and Collaboration Erin Schulte. 

Job Requirements

Qualifications

This reporter will need to be a self-starter and team player who works with a high degree of collegiality. These additional qualifications, or their equivalents, are essential:

• A minimum of three to five years reporting and writing experience, which can include experience gained as a student journalist, with clips that demonstrate a depth of knowledge about climate change and all its many tangents and impacts on the environment, including environmental justice. More experience would be a plus; candidates with slightly less experience but a demonstrated fire in the belly for covering climate and the environment will be considered.
• Knowledge of science, climate change and the environment.
• A solid work ethic, a collaborative attitude, a commitment to accountability reporting and a demonstrated passion for journalism in general, and climate and environment public reporting in particular. Collegiality, teamwork and kindness are hallmarks of our newsroom.
• The ability to bring diverse, unique insights to our coverage of climate change, the environment and environmental justice.

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