Freelance Reporter, Content Producer

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🕒 May 16

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $35 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📰 Journalist

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Copper Courier

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1 - 10 employees

📱 Media

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

Media • Education • Non-profit

Copper Courier is a local news outlet focused on delivering news and information relevant to Arizona communities. It emphasizes topics such as local elections, the economy, education, healthcare, housing, and infrastructure. Copper Courier also explores lifestyle topics including Arizona history, food and drink, outdoor activities, sports, and things to do. The publication is part of Courier Newsroom, Inc. , and provides free journalistic content to engage and inform its readers about community and legislative matters.

📋 Description

• Independently produce a mix of local news, politics, and lifestyle content • Deliver 5-8 web stories per week that include original reporting and curated explainers • Produce 2-4 pieces of social content per week to support newsletter and web stories • Create content designed to drive audience growth and newsletter subscriptions • Participate in courier Texas team virtual meetings (2-3 times a week) and editorial check-ins as needed

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of audience-centered local reporting experience • Strong understanding of the Rio Grande Valley / South Texas and its culture • Previous history of covering local politics, policy, or government • Strong, clear writing capability to break down complex topics • Conversational, accessible tone designed for everyday readers • Comfortable sourcing stories from community conversations, social media trends • Experience creating content for web (WordPress) and social platforms • Comfortable experimenting with formats and testing audience engagement • Willingness to appear on camera or create video content • Experience using tools like Canva, CapCut, Descript, or similar