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🕒 September 12

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $65k - $80k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📰 Journalist

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Chalkbeat

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2014

📱 Media

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

Media • Education • Non-profit

Chalkbeat is a nonprofit civic news organization that provides in-depth, local reporting on K–12 education across U. S. communities. It publishes news stories and newsletters, runs city- and topic-focused newsrooms, hosts events and job listings, and partners with sponsors and donors to inform families, educators, and policymakers about education policy, school performance, and classroom issues.

📋 Description

• Report and write compelling local education stories • Balance quick-turn news coverage with enterprise and accountability journalism • Develop and execute longer-term reporting projects • Explain how education systems, policies, and decisions affect local communities • Hold public officials and institutions accountable through rigorous, fair, and well-sourced reporting • Engage readers and community members to identify relevant stories and questions • Collaborate with Chalkbeat colleagues and external news partners on reporting and special projects • Participate in TV, radio, and panel appearances • Build and maintain relationships with educators, education leaders, parents, students, and community members • Report stories that make an impact in the community and drive change • Represent Chalkbeat at public events and on social media • Cover night meetings and occasional evening events

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in journalism • Excellent news judgment • Breaking news metabolism and decisiveness • Ability to produce ambitious, agenda-setting enterprise journalism • Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrating empathy and understanding while being unafraid to have tough conversations when needed • Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion • Passion for education and Chalkbeat’s mission • Knowledge of education is a strong plus, but not required • Connections to Indianapolis are a bonus • Data journalism experience is a bonus • Photo and social video skills are a bonus • Fluency in a language other than English, especially Spanish, is a bonus • Ability to work in the United States, as Civic News Company participates in E-Verify

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance • 20 days of PTO • Paid one-week recess • 5 sick days • 3 floating holidays • 12 paid holidays in 2026 • 401(k) with a 4% employer match, immediately vested • 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave • 2-week part-time return-to-work ramp-up • Flexible Spending Plan for eligible medical or childcare expenses • Annual professional development stipend • Employer-provided life insurance • Short- and long-term disability coverage • Monthly reimbursement for cell phone and internet expenses • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities • Inclusion in the Civic News Company bargaining unit affiliated with the Writers Guild of America, East