Senior Investigative Reporter

🔥 47 minutes ago

☕ Washington – Remote

☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $85k - $100k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📰 Journalist

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Project On Government Oversight

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1981

🤝 Non-profit

🏛️ Government

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Government • Social Impact

Project On Government Oversight is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting accountability and effectiveness within the federal government. It investigates corruption, injustice, and abuse of power within government institutions, advocating for commonsense reforms to strengthen democracy and promote transparency. POGO engages in civic advocacy, public policy analysis, and congressional oversight to ensure a government that serves all people fairly. The organization focuses on key issues including accountability, checks and balances, civil and human rights, corruption, abuse of power, and national security.

📋 Description

• Cultivating sources who can provide investigative leads • Working with the Vice President of Investigations and other colleagues to identify prospective investigations • Conducting preliminary investigations into promising leads • Developing and executing thorough investigative plans • Managing investigative projects by assigning tasks to researchers, fellows, interns • Authoring accurate, concise, and balanced reporting to be published on POGO’s website and on/in third party websites/publications • Adhering to publication and production timelines, as well as editorial requirements and policies • Presenting original investigative findings to POGO’s policy team • Engaging in follow-up activities, including drafting press pitches and social media content • Assisting in developing funding proposals to support investigations • Mentoring more junior investigators, researchers, fellows and interns • Other duties as required to accomplish POGO’s mission.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of eight years of experience as an investigator, journalist or demonstrated equivalent experience • Must be able to work independently and collaboratively, with well-developed time and project management skills • Ability to maintain and continuously expand network of professional contacts and sources • A keen eye and ear for storytelling, especially around complex subject matter with accountability in mind • Excellent editorial judgment with respect to journalistic ethics and libel laws • Able to think critically and apply POGO’s previous work/policy positions to new issue areas • Excellent interpersonal and interview skills, and the ability to work effectively with colleagues, media organizations, and government officials • Well-organized with a strong attention to detail • Experience successfully managing team projects • Demonstrable track record of taking initiative to solve problems and adapt to changing circumstances • Committed to working in a nonpartisan manner with diverse stakeholders and policy makers • Able to work independently when necessary, multitask, take direction, and meet strict deadlines • Works respectfully and collaboratively with POGO staff, and demonstrates a strong commitment to POGO’s justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) values • Strong research skills, including the ability to effectively use government and other open-data sources • Familiarity with federal government policy, structure, and operations preferred • Prior reporting on election interference, war profiteering, and/or regulatory capture preferred.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance • 403(b) employee investment plan available, with employer retirement contribution once eligible • Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage • Paid holiday, vacation, and sick leave